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18 November 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
The year the country split apart and a generation came together.Plot:
Two friends, Ralph and Scott live in a small minded town at the onset of the Vietnam war. While Scott's brother enlists... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Shallow perhaps but meaningful moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Ralph Carr | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Scott | |
| Bruce Dern | ... | Cliff | |
| Mariette Hartley | ... | Jessie | |
| Winona Ryder | ... | Beth | |
| Joanna Cassidy | ... | Ev | |
| Christopher Wynne | ... | Alden | |
| Keller Kuhn | ... | Marsha | |
| Steve Foster | ... | Marshall | |
| Mert Hatfield | ... | Coach Heart | |
| Welton Tootle | ... | Junior Roberts | |
| Don Devendorf | ... | Reverend Hardy | |
| Dr. Robert Louis Stevenson | ... | Dean Bonner | |
| Jason Summers | ... | Processor | |
| Scott N. Stevens | ... | Hitchhiker |
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95 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Ultra StereoCertification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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Anachronisms: When we are first shown their town, there is a yellow 1977 Mercury Marquis parked on the left side of the street facing the camera. moreQuotes:
Coach Heart: You boys aren't working at the pool this summer?Scott: No, we're going on the road. That's what hippies do ya' know.
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Can't Find My Way Home moreFAQ
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Granted there wasn't much of a plot to 1969 and the acting was fair, but nevertheless I thought the film did accomplish something important. It made you realize that this kind of "drama" - coping with the aftermath of a Vietnam KIA - played out in tens-of-thousands of homes throughout the country during the '60s and '70s. The sum of all that pain and anguish makes me cringe. I served in South Vietnam from the summer of '68 to the summer of '69 in the USMC and I am glad to see this kind of message portrayed in a movie. It keeps alive the suffering endured by family and friends from that time. Maybe that sounds morbid but I think it's important for the here and now to acknowledge and remember that suffering. We can use it to give us perspective on how fortunate we are to be able to flourish and live to a ripe old age. For me of course it has special meaning. I could have ended my life at 19 and would have missed so much.
But that's what happened to so many. A horrible shame.