The spitfire grill won the american academy of arts and letters prestigious richard rodgers production award for 2001. Her past has given her wisdom and sadness beyond her years. It tells a story of a woman who was just released from prison and goes to work in a smalltown cafe known as the spitfire grill. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Spitfire grill 3300 airport avenue santa monica, ca 90405 phone. The spitfire grill is an american musical with music and book by james valcq and lyrics and book by fred alley, based on the 1996 film of the same name by lee david zlotoff. She is taken in by hannah, to help out at her place, the spitfire grill. So please take the timing into consideration when ordering. Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. Eventually percy is accepted by some of the locals such as nahums wife shelby marcia gay harden, who helps out in the. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. She gets a job waiting tables at the spitfire grill and rents a room above it.
Percy talbot mezzo with belt to d, mid 20s a feisty parolee desperate to start over. Spitfire grill 1996 soundtrack james horner allmusic. The spitfire grill is a 1996 american film written and directed by lee david zlotoff and starring. Its the perfect destination for friends, coworkers and. Her face declares the strength of her youth and a sadness beyond her years. Filled with small town angst and the wonder of living in a forested wisconsin, the spitfire grill unfolds as a beautifully song show with sweet acoustical musical arrangements by valerie maze. The spitfire grill archives american blues theater. The spitfire grill alison elliott ellen burstyn marcia gay harden 1996 a smalltown businessman sends his mousy wife marcia gay harden to watch the exconvict waitress alison elliott running the local diner for her be.
Percy enlists the eager help of her friends from the maine department of tourism staffed by fellow inmates to talk up the raffle to newspapers nationwide. Great drinks, terrific casual dining and live, local entertainment will keep you coming back time and time again. She gets a job at the spitfire grill working for the cantankerous owner, hannah ferguson ellen burstyn, but draws more stares than greetings from the locals including nahum will patton, hannahs nephew and town snoop. The spitfire grill rural church groups and high schools without the lederhosen budget for sound of music might warm to the spitfire grill, a smallscale new musical by james valcq and fred. The spitfire grill is one of those lovely films that didnt get a lot of attention in its brief onscreen life and deserves to be seen more than once. With alison elliott, ellen burstyn, marcia gay harden, will patton.
Customers are free to download and save these images, but not use these digital files watermarked by the zomato logo for any commercial purpose, without prior written permission of zomato. Percy brings change to the small town, stirring resentment and fear in some, and. Spitfire menu in image format shown on this website has been digitised by. About us never leave a good time in search of a good time. The spitfire grill won the audience award at this years sundance film festival, which says less for the audience than for the movie. Music and book by james valcq lyrics and book by fred alley based on the film by lee david zlotoff. The spitfire grill is a deeply theological film packaged as a feelgood drama which has been panned by a number of secular critics who sense its emotional tonalities but miss the theological content and thus end up dismissing the movie as overly sentimental. Spitfire grill prices and locations menu with price. A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at hannahs spitfire grill. Spitfire grill restaurants, sandwiches 3300 airport ave. Enjoy views overlooking the west side of the victoria international airport. Spitfire grill, is a family restaurant serving freshly prepared good quality food. The olde spitfire grille, greensburg, pennsylvania.
Spitfire menu, menu for spitfire, crawford, cape town. Beyond being an excellent story with a perfect cast, there are multiple layers of life happening in this small new england town that can touch each of us in our own stories. Based on the hit 1996 film, the spitfire grill is a. Those are the words we live by at the olde spitfire grille.
The spitfire grill 1996 after being released from jail, percy talbott alison elliott travels to a town in maine looking for a new beginning. The spitfire grill james valcq, fred alley, lee david zlotoff on. About seventy, hannah is the owner of the spitfire grill. Its a lovely score and one that proves that horner, who has also written the music for braveheart, field of dreams, and alien, is one of the finest film composers of his era.
Percy brings change to the small town, stirring resentment and fear in some, and growth in others. Watch planes arriving and departing as you enjoy our famous breakfast, a lunch or a casual dinner in a friendly atmosphere with attentive service. The spitfire grill 4 stars powerful by denny wayman and hal conklin reprinted with permission by the spitfire grill is cinema at its finest. Spitfires on state, 5018 w state st, milwaukee, wi 53208, united states. Its an unabashedly manipulative, melodramatic tearjerker with plot twists that horatio alger would have been embarrassed to use, and the fact that its so well acted only confuses the issue.
Featuring ellen burstyn as hannah ferguson, the aging owner of spitfire, alison elliott, as the young percy talbot who. The sudden flood of cash and letters through the hands of the. In this masterfully told tale, we travel a journey with people who could be our mother, sister, brother, son. A ring around the moon arriving in the deserted town of gilead, percy reports to sheriff joe sutter who procures her a room and a job at a ramshackle diner called the spitfire grill, run by a crusty old widow, hannah ferguson. In this offbroadway musical a feisty parolee percy follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at hannahs spitfire grill. Spitfire grill provides inflight catering to calgary international airport yyc. Spitfire restaurant and grill, rosebud updated 2020. She is a toughskinned and flinty old bird with a short, nononsense manner. The soundtrack to the popular independent film the spitfire grill contains james horners subtle, moving score that works as an individual piece of music, not just as pleasant sonic wallpaper. The spitfire grill trailer from rob matsushita on vimeo synopsis shoot the moon in the spitfire grill. It is for sale but there are no takers for the only music and book by james valcq, lyrics and book by. With the help of her former warden, excon percy talbott moves to gilead, maine to make a fresh start. Oscarwinner ellen burstyn the exorcist headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working. The spitfire grill character breakdown female characters.