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Director:
Peter Medak
Writers (WGA):
Finn Taylor (story)
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Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An absent-minded-professor father and his son bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A clever production about a family, a road trip, and a journey to the moon. more (15 total)

Cast

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Ted Danson ... Washington Bellamy

Mary Steenburgen ... Katherine Bellamy

Ryan Todd ... Andy Bellamy

Eric Schweig ... Ernest Ironplume
Cathy Moriarty ... Lorraine

Max Gail ... Jerome Bellamy

Lisa Jane Persky ... Alicia Frank
J.C. Quinn ... Bartender
John Schuck ... Officer

Don Swayze ... Local
Gene Borkan ... Trucker with Cigarettes
Ron Burke ... Ranger
Ramsey Ellis ... School Kid
Frank Carl Fisher Jr. ... Fred Frook
Suzanne Ircha ... Waitress
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | Norway:11 | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Cochise County, Arizona, USA more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
While playing a married couple in this film, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen began an off-set romantic relationship. They were married in 1995. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: As mentioned in the film, it took 19 hours for the Apollo astronauts to land on the moon from the moment they lifted off, and has Washington and Andrew traveling over that same span of time. However, by counting the number of nights they have on the trip, they are on the road for three days. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Killing Floor (2007) more
Soundtrack:
DADDY'S DETOUR more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A clever production about a family, a road trip, and a journey to the moon., 8 December 2002
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Author: Aficionadodelosmovies from Idaho

After seeing this movie I felt that the creators did a good job paralleling the expedition to the moon and the traveling of the father and son. The Indian, Eric Schweig, held the characters together through their trip and allowed them to patch up their relationship by leaving them alone. He continuously gives Andy good advice concerning life and his father. But what I couldn't figure out was why they had to drive through Montana to get to Idaho from California, it is completely out of the way. The plot evolves as the mother finally leaves the home after 7 years of being boarded up inside. Ted Danson plays the father who is a genius professor with a strange behavioral side to him. But not to give the story away I will stop now and leave the rest to those that are interested in it.

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