Heavy is a
1995 drama
movie, directed by
James Mangold, and stars
Liv Tyler,
Pruitt Taylor Vince,
Shelley Winters, and
Deborah Harry. Mangold won "Best Screenplay" and Grand Prix Asturias "Best Feature" at the
Gijón International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize for Directing at the
Sundance Film Festival.
Some scenes were filmed at the
Culinary Institute of America in
Hyde Park, New York, USA.
Heavy is a production of Available Light.
Joe Grifasi and
Evan Dando play major supporting roles.
The plot hinges around the arrival of an attractive new waitress (Tyler) at a remote diner, where she turns the solitary life of the overweight chef (Vince) upside down. Moving and ultimately disturbing, its themes are loneliness, false hope, and the problem of self worth.