Echo Park

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Echo Park ★★½ 1986 (R)

An unsung sleeper comedy about three room-mates living in Los Angeles' Echo Park: a body builder, a single-mother waitress, and an itinerant songwriter. Charts their struggles as they aim for careers in showbiz. Offbeat ensemble effort. 93m/C VHS, DVD . AU Tom Hulce, Susan Dey, Michael Bowen, Richard “Cheech” Marin, Christopher Walker, Shirley Jo Finney, Cassandra Peterson, Yana Nirvana, Timothy Carey; D: Robert Dornhelm; W: Michael Ventura; C: Karl Kofler; M: David Rickets.

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