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Donald Everett Axinn (novel)
James Redford (screenplay)
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An orphaned boy is raised by a Latino family in the 1950s. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins more
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'Coming-Of-Age' Film Deserves More Recognition more (9 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Brendan Guy Murphy | ... | Sam Haley (as Brendan Murphy) |
 | Max Madore | ... | Young Eddie |
 | Rubén Blades | ... | Ernesto |
 | Dana Delany | ... | Margaret |
 | Stanley Tucci | ... | Frank Haley |
| Marissa Baca | ... | Young Francesca |
 | Daniel O'Haco | ... | Alberto Montoya (as Danny O'Haco) |
 | Ryan Merriman | ... | Eddie Haley |
| David Alexander Johnston | ... | Principal (as David A. Johnston) |
 | Rich Montague | ... | Brad |
| Dave Adams | ... | Coach Allen (as David Adams) |
| Michael Heistand | ... | Chris |
 | Paula Garcés | ... | Francesca |
 | Heather Conforto | ... | Julie (as Heather Rae) |
| Miguel Ortega | ... | Manny |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some violent images.
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Factual errors: When Eddie gets into the plane to fly to Mexico and pick up Francesca, he starts the plane from the interior. The Piper seen in the film was a model that did not have an interior starting mechanism - someone had to spin the propeller to start the aircraft. more
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This is one coming-of-age film I really liked and respected. Most of them are not "my cup of tea." However, this one features nothing but likable characters, including the teens. Yeah, they're not perfect; they have a few "moments," but mostly Ryan Merriman ("Eddie") and Paula Garces ("Francesca") are good kids.
The adults are even better, just wonderful people. Dana Dalaney ("Margaret") and Reuben Blades ("Ernesto") play a couple who adopts young "Eddie" who loses his parents in a small- plane accident. Stanley Tucci ("Frank") has a key role as a mentor of the boy, a guy who leaves Eddie when he's young but comes back and teaches the now-17-year-old how to fly.
Language-wise, there as almost zero profanity for the first hour, but there were cases of it in the last third of the movie. The photography is nice in here, too, especially for a film, I suspect, was low budgeted.
This little-known film should be better-known. It's a nice story. I really can't imagine anyone watching this film and not enjoying and respecting it.