Bagdad Cafe

Bagdad Cafe, also known as Bagdad Café or Out of Rosenheim in Germany, is a 1987 English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon and written and produced by Eleonore Adlon and Percy Adlon. The film stars Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, and Jack Palance. This film is loosely based on Carson McCullers' novella The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951).
== Premise ==
German tourist Jasmin Munchgstettner (Marianne Sägebrecht) argues with her husband after car trouble strands them along a dusty highway in the American Southwest. Fuming, she storms off and travels by foot to the nearest outpost of civilization -- the Bagdad Café. Upon arriving, she butts heads with the owner (CCH Pounder), but they soon forge an unlikely friendship. What begins as a few days' respite becomes a prolonged stay as Jasmine finds her niche within this eccentric truck-stop community.
== Cast ==
*Marianne Sägebrecht as Jasmin Münchgstettner
*CCH Pounder as Brenda
*Jack Palance as Rudi Cox
*Christine Kaufmann as Debby
*Monica Calhoun as Phyllis
*Darron Flagg as Salomo
*George Aguilar as Cahuenga
*G. Smokey Campbell as Sal
*Hans Stadlbauer as Herr Münchgstettner
*Alan S. Craig as Eric
*Apesanahkwat as Sheriff Arnie
== Awards and nominations ==
*1988: it has won Best Foreign Language Film at the 23rd Guldbagge Awards
*1988: it has won Bavarian Film Award Best Screenplay (Eleonore & Percy Adlon)
*1988: it has won Ernst Lubitsch Award (Percy Adlon)
*1989: it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Music, Original Song (Bob Telson for the song "Calling You")
*1989: it has won Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Percy Adlon)
*1989: it has won Artios Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy (Al Onorato and Jerold Franks)
*1989: it has won César Award for Best Foreign Film (Percy Adlon)
== Filming location ==
The setting of this film was in Bagdad, California, which is a real town, which was eventually abandoned. While the town had a "Bagdad Cafe", the film was shot at the place that was previously called the Sidewinder Cafe in Newberry Springs, 50 miles (80 km) west of the site of Bagdad. The cafe was then renamed to Bagdad Cafe after the release of the film. A small noticeboard on the cafe wall features snapshots of the film's cast and crew.
== Soundtrack ==
The original soundtrack was recorded until Universal Music Special Markets and it was released on April 22, 1988.
Artist 	Song 	Length
Calling You 	5:20 	
William Galison 	Blues-Harp 	0:56
Deininger Blasmusik 	Zwiefach 	2:28
Jearlyn Steele-Battle / Marianne Sägebrecht / Tommy Joe White	Brenda, Brenda 	6:22
Darron Flagg 	C-Major Prelude From The Well Tempered Clavier	2:33
Bob Telson 	Calliope 	0:56
Bob Telson 	Calling You 	5:18
Deininger Blasmusik 	Zwiefach 	1:35
Jevetta Steele 	Calling You 	0:56
William Galison 	Blues-Harp 	0:39
Unknown Artist 	Calling You (Instrumental) 	0:27
Darron Flagg 	C-Major Prelude From The Well Tempered Clavier	2:33
Unknown Artist 	Brenda, Brenda (Instrumental) 	0:54
Bob Telson 	Calliope 	0:47
Unknown Artist 	Calling You (Instrumental) 	1:40
Bob Telson 	Calliope 	0:47
Unknown Artist 	Brenda, Brenda (Instrumental) 	0:24
Jevetta Steele 	Calling You 	0:30
Jearlyn Steele-Battle / Marianne Sägebrecht / Tommy Joe White	Brenda, Brenda 	0:21
Bob Telson 	Calliope 	0:56
== 1990 sitcom ==
In 1990, film was adapted into a television series that stars James Gammon, Whoopi Goldberg, Cleavon Little, and Jean Stapleton. The series was shot in the conventional sitcom format, before a studio audience. The show didn't gain enough popularity and only lasted for two seasons.
Category:Films
Category:American films
Category:German films
Category:Comedy films
Category:Drama films
Category:1990 films
Category:Rated PG-13