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Director:

Pat O'Connor

Writers:

William Boyd (novel)
William Boyd (screenplay)

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Release Date:

18 March 1988 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Action | Romance more

Plot:

A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process. full summary | add synopsis

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Cast

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Daniel Day-Lewis ... Henderson Dores (as Daniel Day Lewis)

Harry Dean Stanton ... Loomis Gage
Kent Broadhurst ... Ben Sereno
Maury Chaykin ... Freeborn Gage
Matthew Cowles ... Beckman Gage

Joan Cusack ... Irene Stein

Keith David ... Eugene Teagarden

Spalding Gray ... Reverend T.J. Cardew

Glenne Headly ... Cora Gage

Laurie Metcalf ... Melissa
Bill Moor ... Edgar Beeby
Deirdre O'Connell ... Shanda Gage
Will Patton ... Duane Gage

Martha Plimpton ... Bryant
Rockets Redglare ... Peter Gint
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Additional Details

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Clarkesville, Georgia, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

A rejected score was composed by Elmer Bernstein more

Movie Connections:

Features "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" (1964) more


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Kudos!, 5 January 2003
Author: elisaberger from Dallas

Oh, how I would love to own this on DVD! A marvelous job by Daniel Day Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Joan Cusack and Glann Headley. In my opinion it is a deep South tour-de-farce. I guess you have to have lived there to appreciate the humorous poke at what lies behind the moss-covered trees that line the backroads of the South. It reminds me of Out on a Limb, a similar Southern dark comedy with Matthew Broderick. Both are hysterical weekends with people whose family trees "don't branch!!" You'll never see Lewis doing this whimsy again, except perhaps as the pansy boyfriend in "Room with a View" which he did at about the same time. Both characters are played with equal artistic integrity he grants all his roles. Kudos and many laughs to all!

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