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Release Date:
18 April 1986 (USA)
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Tagline:
Like father. Like son. Like hell.
Plot:
A boy and his friends seek to join a mid-atlantic gang led by the boy's estranged father, unaware that...
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Awards:
2 wins
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2 nominations
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Sean Penn to be Honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
(From Manny the Movie Guy. 26 December 2008, 9:21 AM, PST)
Chris Penn: 1965-2006
(From IMDb News. 25 January 2006)
(From Manny the Movie Guy. 26 December 2008, 9:21 AM, PST)
Chris Penn: 1965-2006
(From IMDb News. 25 January 2006)
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This one remains in my essentials collection.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sean Penn | ... | Brad Whitewood Jr. | |
| Christopher Walken | ... | Brad Whitewood Sr. | |
| Mary Stuart Masterson | ... | Terry | |
| Chris Penn | ... | Tommy Whitewood (as Christopher Penn) | |
| Millie Perkins | ... | Julie | |
| Eileen Ryan | ... | Grandma | |
| Tracey Walter | ... | Uncle Patch Whitewood | |
| R.D. Call | ... | Dickie | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Tony Pine | |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Boyd | |
| Candy Clark | ... | Mary Sue | |
| Jake Dengel | ... | Lester | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Tim | |
| Stephen Geoffreys | ... | Aggie | |
| Crispin Glover | ... | Lucas |
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111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R (certificate #27933) |
Australia:R |
Iceland:16
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In the scenes filmed in the town square of Franklin, Tennessee there's a monument with a soldier that is visible in the middle of the square. In reality, the monument is of a confederate soldier, but as this story is supposed to be in Pennsylvania, the production team had to change the appearance of the statue to look like a revolutionary war soldier.
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Errors in geography: The story takes place in Pennsylvania, but in the night time scene in the town square, a bright First Tennessee Bank shines.
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Brad Whitewood Jr.:
Is this the gun you used?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: That's a nice looking gun.
Brad Whitewood Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Tommy? Tommy's dead isn't he?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: Don't even talk about Tommy.
Brad Whitewood Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Terry?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: I didn't do nothing to Terry.
[Brad Jr. fires a shot]
Brad Whitewood Sr.: NO! NO! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!
Brad Whitewood Jr.: IS THIS THE GUN YOU USED ON EVERYONE? ON ME? Is this the family gun Dad?
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Brad Whitewood Sr.: That's a nice looking gun.
Brad Whitewood Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Tommy? Tommy's dead isn't he?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: Don't even talk about Tommy.
Brad Whitewood Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Terry?
Brad Whitewood Sr.: I didn't do nothing to Terry.
[Brad Jr. fires a shot]
Brad Whitewood Sr.: NO! NO! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!
Brad Whitewood Jr.: IS THIS THE GUN YOU USED ON EVERYONE? ON ME? Is this the family gun Dad?
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Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Nick Kazan (2006) (V)
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MISS YOU
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| People Magazine Feb. 25, 1980 | roxiered2003 |
| SHH! | gallstones |
| Question - Tony Pine (SPOILERS) | carlson-8 |
| Question about one scene. | Nickrj |
| excellent flick | ca26 |
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This movie is an old favorite. I think this is the one work by Sean Penn that became the pivotal interest in him for me. He was, as usual in anything he does, absolutely convincing. Same for Christopher Walken. The casting was perfect, the scenery and soundtrack done beautifully. I've been recommending this one to friends for ages.