“CANDY MOUNTAIN … seems to be a small, quirky film, but it easily assumes the weight, ambition, and success that many larger films aim for and miss.”
—The New York Times

“A comedy with blood on its mouth; a romance with a knife in its heart. It’s also an action movie about running nowhere and a musical about the music no one hears. Writer-director Rudy Wurlitzer and co-director Robert Frank take these paradoxes and play with them gently, soberly, turning them into fierce poetry … It’s almost a little masterpiece: morally brave, beautifully measured, funny, sad, and powerful. With quiet skill, it tears open and subverts some glittery fantasies of the American dream.”
—The Los Angeles Times

This criminally underseen rock ‘n’ roll road movie from photographer Robert Frank and longtime collaborator Rudy Wurlitzer (TWO-LANE BLACKTOP) sees Kevin O’Connor as a down-on-his-luck musician looking to strike it rich by locating elusive guitar maker Elmore Silk whose creations turn a major profit in the music scene. Soon what began as a quick journey takes a series of wrong turns that lead to a revelatory conclusion in the Canadian wilderness. A forgotten cult classic of the 1980s with a decidedly ’60s spirit, this film features real-life music legends Tom Waits, Leon Redbone, Joe Strummer, Dr. John, David Johansen, and more.