| It's not a car that people yearn for | |
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| Tomlin told USA Today that she bought it in 1975 for fifteen hundred dollars | But it has a nice look to it |
The car that Elle and Sage drive for much of the movie was a 1955 Dodge Royal that is owned by Lily Tomlin.
2| The car is almost a character in the movie | To complicate matters one day her granddaughter Sage shows up one day needing 600 dollars and guess what it's for an abortion as Sage was knocked up by her boyfriend who hit the road! Lily Tomlin stars as Elle who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing six hundred dollars before sundown |
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| A teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter | The grand old Lily Tomlin is Elle a past her prime college professor who's down in the dumps she's broke money wise and she's just broken up with her gay lady love Olivia Judy Greer |
Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
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