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Patty Hearst (1988)
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23 September 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
Heiress... kidnap victim... turned urban terrorist... bank robberPlot:
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(21 articles)
Natasha Richardson's Organs Donated After Her Death (From PEOPLE.com. 24 March 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
Natasha Richardson: 'She Was So Much Fun'
(From PEOPLE.com. 24 March 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)
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a more interesting film than meets the eye more (13 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Natasha Richardson | ... | Patricia Hearst | |
| William Forsythe | ... | Teko | |
| Ving Rhames | ... | Cinque | |
| Frances Fisher | ... | Yolanda | |
| Jodi Long | ... | Wendy Yoshimura | |
| Olivia Barash | ... | Fahizah | |
| Dana Delany | ... | Gelina | |
| Marek Johnson | ... | Zoya | |
| Kitty Swink | ... | Gabi | |
| Peter Kowanko | ... | Cujo (as Pete Kowanko) | |
| Tom O'Rourke | ... | Jim Browning | |
| Scott Kraft | ... | Steven Weed | |
| Jeff Imada | ... | Neighbor | |
| Ermal Williamson | ... | Randolph A. Hearst | |
| Elaine Revard | ... | Catherine Hearst |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
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Anachronisms: An AMC Pacer is shown twice as Patty and the SLA carry out the Hibernia Bank heist. The event took place in April 1974, but the Pacer was not introduced until 1975. moreSoundtrack:
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Patty Hearst (1988)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Who could play Patty today in a movie? | Rachy-Rach |
| Good source of what really happened? | zap644 |
| R.I.P. | tmoore12 |
| natasha richardson | teejay6682 |
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i don't agree with the comments of the other viewers. i think that the filmmakers purposefully created a detached style to inspire a more objective engagement in the story from the viewer. because the real interest of the patty hearst story, apart from being a totally unique and fascinating part of american mythology, is the mystery of "what really happened?" since the movie was based on patty hearst's side of things, it would have been very easy to create an emotionally engaging (or, read: manipulative) narrative that wholly supported her version of the story. officially the filmmakers had to present her version, but i think the way in which it was constructed purposefully makes you conscious, the whole time, of the various possibilities of reality that could have existed. and who is to say there is only one reality? certainly not these filmmakers.