Motorama (film)

Motorama is a 1991 American black comedy road movie about a 10-year-old boy who drives a 1965 Mustang across a fictional landscape.

The film features cameos by Drew Barrymore, Flea, Garrett Morris, Jack Nance, Robert Picardo, Martha Quinn, and Meat Loaf.

After a night of hearing his parents fight about the possibility of another mouth to feed and their lives so far, ten-year-old Gus decides to cash out his piggy bank and take off in a stolen Ford Mustang.

He plans to collect all the MOTORAMA cards across the country, and claim the grand prize, which might set him up for a promising future.

Gus drives onward, through Essex, an industrial park where people fight, burn crosses, and take drugs.

Walking back along the road he encounters an older version of himself, driven crazy by the fact that he never found one last letter, the same one Gus is missing.

His hair now gray, and viewed by everyone in the world as an old man, he heads off to the company offices to claim his prize.

He throws away the metal leg extensions he made to enable himself to drive the car and hitchhikes back towards home.

Filming took place in and around Page, Arizona, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon, Utah and the Fox Studio Lot in Century City, Los Angeles, California.