Jackpot (2001)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Jul 27, 2001

Running Time: 96 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Adam Baldwin, Peggy Lipton, Mac Davis, Crystal Bernard, Camellia Clouse, Rick Overton, Anthony Edwards

director: Michael Polish

Jackpot

Sunny Holiday, an aspiring singing star, abandons his wife and young baby to set off on a nine-month tour of bleak western towns. He takes off with his road manager in a pink Chrysler in search of their own version of the American Dream: a country-loving audience.

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Story

Sunny Holiday (Jon Gries) has no doubt he's the next George Jones. In search of stardom, he leaves his wife (Daryl Hannah) and baby, steals her pink Chrysler and embarks on a nine-month tour of every dive western town he can hit on the way to Los Angeles. He takes with him his ineffectual manager, Les (Garrett Morris), who…