Life takes a strange turn when a group of outsiders come to a small town, the famed site of James Dean's fatal car crash. The town's only business, a diner owned by Max (John Mahoney), is overrun by this glamorous group while the diner's short order cook (Ian Gomez) and waitress (Virginia Madsen) get caught up into this new, exciting world. Unknown to the rest, a magazine reporter (Linda Emond) arrives in town to uncover a dark past that Max has kept hidden for over forty years.

Festivals:

World Premiere-USA Film Festival
Winner Grand Prize-Stony Brook Film Festival
Winner Best Feature Film-Temecula Film Festival
Opening Night Premiere-Palm Beach Film Festival
Special Invited Screening-Tribeca First Look

ALMOST SALINAS opens its US theatrical release in Chicago on May 9, 2003.