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Director:
Emilio Estevez
Writers (WGA):
James Duff (play)
James Duff (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
20 November 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
There Is A Secret About To Explode.
Plot:
Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
Great Movie more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Emilio Estevez ... Jeremy Collier

Kathy Bates ... Maurine Collier

Martin Sheen ... Bob Collier

Kimberly Williams-Paisley ... Karen Collier (as Kimberly Williams)

Corin Nemec ... Donald
Ann Hearn ... Prof. Tracey

Carla Gugino ... Melissa
Marcus H. Nelson ... Pvt. Poe

Michael Wiseman ... Lieutenant
Jena Kraus ... Coffee House Singer
Chad Morgan ... Bus Station Clerk
Penelope Allen ... Marjoree (as Penny Allen)

Geoffrey Blake ... David
Renée Estevez ... Brenda
Tuan Tran ... Viet Cong
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for a war-related shooting, an intense sequence of violent threat, and for language.
Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Emilio Estevez cast three generations of his family in the project. He cast his father Martin Sheen, his sister 'Renee Estevez', and his daughter Paloma Estevez. more
Quotes:
Jeremy Collier: D'you ship to Gnome, Alaska? more
Movie Connections:
References Cactus Flower (1969) more
Soundtrack:
The Old Rugged Cross more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Great Movie, 18 June 2000
9/10
Author: henrysarki-2 from Los Angeles, California

Not being a movie aficionado, I am not familiar with the names of leading Directors, Scriptwriters, Producers and the like, but I can tell an outstanding movie when I see one.

The makers of this fine movie could well be now at the top of their fields, or may well get there pretty soon. I know that the actors are already there.

It takes talent closer to genius to show with such realism how a national tragedy like Vietnam has impacted the everyday life of a typically average American family, and make us see at close range why there are so many homeless Vietnam veterans.

Without getting into gratuitous scenes of gore and bloodshed, it makes us understand why so many youg men had flashbacks of what they had been thru.

The dialog is particularly gripping, and gives us an idea of what went on in so many families in the aftermath of Vietnam.

I wish there were more good movies like this one, not just about Vietnam, but about other social conditions as well.

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