Gas Food Lodging

Gas Food Lodging
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Allison Anders
Screenplay by	Allison Anders
Based on	Don't Look and It Won't Hurt by Richard Peck
Produced by	Carl Colpaert
Starring	Brooke Adams Ione Skye Fairuza Balk
Cinematography	Dean Lent
Edited by	Tracy Granger
Music by	J Mascis
Distributed by	Cineville
Release dates	February 24, 1992 (1992-02-24) (Berlin) July 10, 1992 (1992-07-10) (United States)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Spanish
Budget	$1.3 million
Box office	$1.3 million

Gas Food Lodging is a 1992 American drama film written and directed by Allison Anders, based on the novel Don't Look and It Won't Hurt by Richard Peck. Starring Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, and Fairuza Balk, the film follows a waitress trying to find romance while raising two daughters in a trailer park in a small desert town in New Mexico.

Gas Food Lodging premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1992, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and was screened at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival on February 24, 1992, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear.^[1]

The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 10, 1992, to critical acclaim. At the 8th Independent Spirit Awards, Balk won for Best Female Lead, while the film earned nominations in four other categories, Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay for Anders, and Best Supporting Female for Adams.