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Writer (WGA):
Ed Solomon (written by)
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Release Date:
29 April 1992 (USA) more
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Sometimes the only way to find where you're going is to lose your way
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A female buddy picture whose initial run was handicapped by being released after "Thelma and Louise."... more | add synopsis
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I consider this one of the best 5 movies I have ever seen. more (14 total)

Cast

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Meg Tilly ... Marianne

Christine Lahti ... Darly

Patrika Darbo ... 66

Lenny von Dohlen ... Harry
Maury Chaykin ... Leon

Brett Cullen ... Kurt

James Gammon ... Walt

Eve Gordon ... Emily

James Eckhouse ... Rich
Lachlan Murdoch ... Marshall
Robyn Simons ... Sarah
Ken Angel ... Nuqaq
Darrell Dennis ... Clyde
Barbara Russell ... Izuzu Mother
Ahnee Boyce ... Izuzu Judy
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110 min
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Although the complete song itself is not played in the movie, the piano intro to Bruce Hornsby and the Range's "The Show Goes On" is used. more
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Darly: Adios, shithole! more
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References Gone with the Wind (1939) more
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Wicked Game more

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12 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
I consider this one of the best 5 movies I have ever seen., 18 January 2001
Author: noskcire from 60 miles south of Normal, Wyo.

Reviews below are mostly right. This is a movie about hope, struggle, faith and miracles, everything Thelma and Louise was not. One woman who commits to everything, for a few minutes, another who commits to nothing, fall in with each other, to search for a place for them themselves. This is Frank Capra of the 90's. We may not always know where we are going, and sometimes we might just have to trust, but there is a place for us. If you follow the twelve step philosophy, you can find all twelve steps played out in here. (These are two women who came out of dysfuctional families). The characters are unforgettable, the humor warm and wild, and the relationship that builds from the first ten minutes to the last second of the closing credits should not be missed. I watch this movie every few months and remind myself that if we hang in there, there is a place for us, and almost always,it isn't what we ever expected. I have owned 7 copies of this movie and often give it as gifts. IF you missed it, watch it again. It's there!

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