When Pigs Fly
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sara Driver
Alfred Molina
Marianne Faithfull
Seymour Cassel
Rachael Bella
Maggie O'neill
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Marty is a failed jazz musician whose reclusive life has become limited to occasional piano lessons, the companionship of his sleepy dog Dolphy, and brief contact with Sheila, a go-go dancer who rents a room in his rundown house. Sheila comes across an antique rocking chair and delivers it to Marty as an act of friendship. However, the rocking chair comes with a pair of surprises: two ghosts who died in the chair years earlier. One ghost is a rambunctious child named Ruthie who died a century earlier from illness; the other is a sexy and more contemporary spirit named Lilly who was killed inthe chair by her abusive husband Frank, the owner of a local bar. Realizing they have a chance to escape their imprisonment to the rocking chair, Lilly and Ruthie make themselves known to Marty and Sheila, with Frank as the target of their ghostly wrath.
Director
Sara Driver
Cast
Alfred Molina
Marianne Faithfull
Seymour Cassel
Rachael Bella
Maggie O'neill
Freddie Brooks
Matyelok Gibbs
Carl Dennie
Ruth Sheen
Crew
Bettina Andersen
Bettina Andersen
Rolf Banmann
Jocelyne Beaudoin
Elvira Bolz
Neomi Dicorcia
Ray Dobbins
Udo Engel
Nan Goldin
Carlie Janszen
Jim Jarmusch
Kees Kasander
Drew Kunin
Ellen Lewis
Kathlene Mobley
Robby Muller
Todd R Pfeiffer
Chris Porter
Jay Rabinowitz
Joe Strummer
Susan Sultan
Victoria Westhead
Denis Wigman
Jorn Zander
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States August 1993
Released in United States February 1994
Released in United States March 1995
Released in United States May 1993
Released in United States October 1993
Released in United States on Video June 30, 1998
Released in United States Summer July 26, 1996
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 10-21, 1994.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 13-24, 1993.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 5-15, 1993.
Shown at MIFED in Milan October 24-29, 1993.
Shown at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film & Media Conference in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 1995.
Began shooting November 2, 1992.
Completed shooting December 19, 1992.
aspect ratio 1:1.85
Released in United States February 1994 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 10-21, 1994.)
Released in United States March 1995 (Shown at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film & Media Conference in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 1995.)
Released in United States May 1993 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 13-24, 1993.)
Released in United States on Video June 30, 1998
Released in United States Summer July 26, 1996
Released in United States August 1993 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 5-15, 1993.)
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at MIFED in Milan October 24-29, 1993.)
