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Release Date:
29 September 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
What Do You Say To The Son He Never Knew And The Man Who Took His Place... morePlot:
Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Biracial Child
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Father Son Relationship
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High School Football
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Interracial Relationship
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Emotionally satisfying moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kris Kristofferson | ... | Jake |
 | JoBeth Williams | ... | Sarah |
 | Sam Waterston | ... | Woody |
| Brian Keith | ... | Harry Robins |
 | Thomas Wilson Brown | ... | Tyler |
| Trey Wilson | ... | Colonel Barnes |
| John Marshall Jones | ... | Dwayne (as J.J.) |
| Ken Pogue | ... | Senator Camden |
| Kieu Chinh | ... | Leang |
| Matthew Beckett | ... | Kim |
| Jessica Ramien | ... | Siv |
| Larry Reynolds | ... | Dr. Quayle |
| Nancy Beatty | ... | Woman |
| Drew Comin | ... | Little Boy |
| Gene Clark | ... | Coach Wallace |
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92 min | UK:88 min | USA:96 minLanguage:
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The scenes of high emotion work extremely well in this drama. However, not all the drama delivers. Some of the dialogue is strained and there are stretches when I honestly had no idea what anyone was talking about.
Kristofferson is very good for the most part but is wooden at times too. Jobeth Williams, Brian Keith and the late Trey Wilson make an impression in their scenes. Sam Waterston is not given a whole lot to do but stand around and look confused but he does have one great scene with his stepson regarding the return to life of Kristofferson.
The end might have been needlessly sappy, but it got to me anyway.