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29 September 1989 (USA)
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The story of an American family.
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Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth...
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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American Dad: In Country ... Club (season premiere) - open thread
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'Surrogates' displays the two sides of Bruce Willis: Which do you prefer?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 22 September 2009, 5:00 AM, PDT)
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'Surrogates' displays the two sides of Bruce Willis: Which do you prefer?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 22 September 2009, 5:00 AM, PDT)
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Very true to Appalachia
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bruce Willis | ... | Emmett Smith |
 | Emily Lloyd | ... | Samantha Hughes |
 | Joan Allen | ... | Irene |
| Kevin Anderson | ... | Lonnie |
 | John Terry | ... | Tom |
| Peggy Rea | ... | Mamaw |
| Judith Ivey | ... | Anita |
| Daniel Jenkins | ... | Dwayne |
 | Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Pete |
 | Jim Beaver | ... | Earl Smith |
| Richard Hamilton | ... | Grampaw |
| Heidi Swedberg | ... | Dawn |
| Ken Jenkins | ... | Jim Holly |
| Jonathan Hogan | ... | Larry |
 | Patricia Richardson | ... | Cindy |
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120 min
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A full scale replica of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, one of the first replicas outside D.C., was built in Mayfield, as shooting on the Mall at that time was restricted.
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Referenced in The Bench: Life Before 'Seinfeld' (2004) (V)
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I Never Felt Worse
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| why havn't more people seen this? | smilelikeumeanit |
| Not set in Appalachia | Danna75 |
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While many of the comments here have voiced distaste for Emily Lloyd's performance, I've found it , along with the Grandmother, to be very true to Appalachia...I taught many, many students who talked like Sam, and had her personality traits.
The people of Appalachia built this country by working the coal mines and steel mills, and in a very real sense never benefited in the wealth they helped create. In Country brings this out, by telling the story of of some of these people. During the Vietnam War, the press many times focused on either the heroic volunteer, or soldiers from our city ghettos, and left out the stories of the many men from rural areas who made sacrifices.
After having the film on Laserdisc for some time now, I recently saw it priced on DVD for $6.00. It IS an underrated film, and I challenge anyone not to choke up in the final scenes at the Vietnam War Memorial,