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Writer:
Joe Eszterhas (written by)
Release Date:
26 August 1988 (USA)
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Plot:
A woman starts work on a farm, and gets to know the owner. They get on well, and she also gets on with his children...
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Potentially explosive subject matter manufactured for depressing results
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Debra Winger | ... | Catherine Weaver | |
| Tom Berenger | ... | Gary Simmons | |
| John Heard | ... | Michael 'Mike' Carnes | |
| Betsy Blair | ... | Gladys Simmons | |
| John Mahoney | ... | Shorty | |
| Ted Levine | ... | Wes | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Bobby Flynn | |
| Albert Hall | ... | Al Sanders | |
| David Clennon | ... | Jack Carpenter | |
| Robert Swan | ... | Dean | |
| Richard Libertini | ... | Sam Kraus | |
| Maria Valdez | ... | Rachel Simmons | |
| Brian Bosak | ... | Joey Simmons | |
| Alan Wilder | ... | Duffin | |
| Clifford A. Pellow | ... | Reverend Russell Johnson |
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Also Known As:
Summer Lightning (USA) (working title)
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127 min | Argentina:126 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16 |
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Last cinema film of Betsy Blair.
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Cathy Weaver:
You want something, Michael. I'll give you something. He named his dog after Ronald Reagan.
Al Sanders: Well, he ain't all bad.
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Al Sanders: Well, he ain't all bad.
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Referenced in "Seinfeld: The Comeback (#8.13)" (1997)
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Mars and Venus
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Federal agent Debra Winger goes undercover in rural Texas as a combine operator, infiltrating a group of down-home guys and their families in the hopes of linking them to white supremacy and the murder of a shock-talk radio host. Winger is romanced by the group's ringleader (Tom Berenger), and very quickly seems to cross many lines that aren't covered in the FBI trainee's manual. Berenger takes Winger to a KKK camp-out, to a human hunt (with a black man as the target) and to a bank robbery (to finance their cause), yet Debra's superiors actually request that she get more probing evidence! An exasperating movie, with facetious, halting dialogue leaving whole sequences feeling half-finished--and Winger's character without much personality. Director Costa-Gavras seems intent on underplaying this whole matter, to the point where even shocking moments come off as muted, matter-of-fact occurrences. **1/2 from ****