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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   2,106 votes
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Writers (WGA):
William Wharton (novel)
Gary David Goldberg (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 October 1989 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.
Plot:
A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Novelist Wharton Dead At 82
 (From WENN. 3 November 2008, 6:04 AM, PST)

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Sensational, true-life! more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Lemmon ... Jake Tremont

Ted Danson ... John Tremont

Olympia Dukakis ... Bette Tremont

Kathy Baker ... Annie

Kevin Spacey ... Mario

Ethan Hawke ... Billy Tremont
Zakes Mokae ... Dr. Chad

J.T. Walsh ... Dr. Santana

Peter Michael Goetz ... Dr. Ethridge

John Apicella ... Dr. Delibro

Richard McGonagle ... Victor Walton
Bill Morey ... Hal McCarthy
Mary Fogarty ... Gloria McCarthy (as Mary Fogerty)

Art Frankel ... DMV Instructor
Ray Girardin ... Butcher
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Runtime:
117 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In one scene, Mario (Kevin Spacey) is wearing a Chatsworth jacket. Spacey is a graduate of Chatsworth High School. more
Quotes:
John Tremont: There's something wrong with Mom's insides.
Jake Tremont: It isn't cancer is it?
John Tremont: No, it's not.
Jake Tremont: That cancer is a killer. Your Uncle Ben had five operations. Didn't do a damn thing for him. If they tell you, you have cancer, you might as well pack your bags.
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Nice Dreams more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Sensational, true-life!, 3 January 2002

This movie was one of the most sensational drama movies I have ever seen. It is so true with real-life experiences, and it is sure to touch you emotionally. It is a story about how spending all of your life chasing the almighty $dollar$ and success can certainly have great drawbacks. It is a prime example of how success should not be determined by how much money you make, but by what you have to give up in order to achieve it. In this case, it was Ted Dansen's family that was given up. This movie can be related to on a personal level with almost anyone. It is certain to bring tears to your eyes, and make you want to pick up that phone...and make those calls you have put off for so long.

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