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Director:
Joseph Sargent
Writer:
Barbara Turner (writer)
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Release Date:
18 May 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
Teenager Libby Bellow begins soul-searching after becoming legally emancipated by her family and begins working on the road with a travelling carnival... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
I really, really like this movie!!! more (6 total)

Cast

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Mare Winningham ... Libby Bellow
Jennifer Warren ... Rachel Bellow
Tony Bill ... Richard
Roy Thinnes ... Michael
Peter Horton ... Bill

Heather McAdam ... Jessie

Eloy Casados ... Ron (as Eloy Phil Casados)
J. Pat O'Malley ... Papa J.
Tara King ... Sherri
Noelle North ... Amanda

Taylor Negron ... Brett
Ray Girardin ... John
Buddy Douglas ... Link
Steven Helm ... Wizard
Jerold Pearson ... Whiskey
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L
Company:
Hill/Mandelker Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Writer Barbara Turner based her teleplay on the experiences of her daughter, Carrie Ann Morrow, who ran away from home at 16 to join a carnival. The final credit on the film reads, "Based on certain events in the life of Carrie Morrow." more
Soundtrack:
On My Way to Me more

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I really, really like this movie!!!, 27 December 2003
9/10
Author: John from United States

Mare Winningham...what an actress! IMHO she is the most under-rated actress in Hollywood. She can act rings around most of the 40ish 'stars' out there. She can sing like an angel, too. I first saw her on The Gong Show of all places in about 1976 and a few years later when I started seeing her on MOW (movies of the week) I remembered her. Then when I watched this movie I realized what a terrific actress she is. She sings several songs in this movie and the opening one (I think the name of it is "On My Way To Me" by Janis Ian) is truly a beautiful song. Her character of Libby is much more multi-faceted than the usual teenage runaway was portrayed back in the late 70s/early 80s. Mare is great in every scene and very believable as a teenager trying to sort out her life. I try to see everything she is in. She's that good an actress. Try to catch the movie Georgia from 1995 - she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The soundtrack from that movie is great. Freedom is very hard to find. I don't think it has been released on video. I watched it again for the first time in 20 years at the Museum of TV and Radio in NYC. Go there and watch this in a viewing booth and see what a great actress Mare Winningham is.

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