For the musical, see The Spitfire Grill (musical).
1996 American film
The Spitfire Grill
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Lee David Zlotoff
Written by
Lee David Zlotoff
Produced by
Warren G. Stitt
Starring
Ellen Burstyn
Marcia Gay Harden
Alison Elliott
Will Patton
Kieran Mulroney
Gailard Sartain
Cinematography
Rob Draper
Edited by
Margaret Goodspeed
Music by
James Horner
Production company
Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release dates
January 24, 1996 (1996-01-24) (Sundance)
August 23, 1996 (1996-08-23)
Running time
117 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$6 million
Box office
$12.6 million[1]
The Spitfire Grill (also known as Care of the Spitfire Grill) is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Lee David Zlotoff, and starring Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton, Kieran Mulroney and Gailard Sartain. It tells a story of a woman who was just released from prison and goes to work in a small-town café known as The Spitfire Grill.
It won the Audience Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, prompting several distributors to enter into a bidding war in response to the positive buzz, but when finally released, critics as a whole responded less favorably than they had at Sundance. The film is the basis for the 2001 Off-Broadway musical of the same name by James Valcq and Fred Alley.
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