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Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   1,546 votes
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Director:
Ernest Thompson
Writer (WGA):
Ernest Thompson (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 November 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The year the country split apart and a generation came together.
Plot:
Two friends, Ralph and Scott live in a small minded town at the onset of the Vietnam war. While Scott's brother enlists... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
A weak anti-war message more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Downey Jr. ... Ralph Carr

Kiefer Sutherland ... Scott
Bruce Dern ... Cliff

Mariette Hartley ... Jessie

Winona Ryder ... Beth

Joanna Cassidy ... Ev
Christopher Wynne ... Alden
Keller Kuhn ... Marsha
Steve Foster ... Marshall

Mert Hatfield ... Coach Heart
Welton Tootle ... Junior Roberts
Don Devendorf ... Reverend Hardy
Dr. Robert Louis Stevenson ... Dean Bonner
Jason Summers ... Processor
Scott N. Stevens ... Hitchhiker
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: When we are first shown their town, there is a yellow 1977 Mercury Marquis parked on the left side of the street facing the camera. more
Quotes:
Scott: Hop in! We're not homosexuals or anything. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Hollywood Vietnam (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Reach Out Of The Darkness more

FAQ

Chapter Headings, an unofficial version:
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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
A weak anti-war message, 22 October 1998
6/10
Author: Mattias Thuresson from Stockholm, Sweden

I admit that I rented this because of Miss Ryder's name on the cover. However, this isn't really a Winona-Ryder-movie, she is secondary to the plot. Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Downey Jr. play the main characters, two irresponsible kids at the end of the 1960s, trying to avoid getting drafted or growing up. However, it didn't really touch me. The anti-war message could have been stronger if the war had felt more present. As ususal for a movie about kids, their parents are portrayed as being clueless about how things have changed since they were young. Scott's father seem to be thinking 'Whatever happened to the 1950s?' all through the movie.

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