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29 September 1996 (USA)
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On his deathbed in the hospital, Jason's father asks that he be buried in the town from which he came...
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Keri Russell is the only good reason to watch this movie.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dan Cortese | ... | Jason Smith |
 | Keri Russell | ... | Felice Dunbar |
 | Veronica Cartwright | ... | Maggie Dunbar |
 | Stephen Root | ... | Graham Dunbar |
 | William Daniels | ... | Reverend Hutchinson |
 | William Morgan Sheppard | ... | Mayor Warner (as W. Morgan Sheppard) |
 | Joe Chrest | ... | Deputy Jeff Simmons |
| Salome Jens | ... | Faith Lloyd |
 | M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Chief Davis |
 | Sean Murray | ... | Henry Watkins |
| Jon Huffman | ... | Dr. Wasserman |
| Jeff Corey | ... | Albert Smith |
 | Amy Parrish | ... | Kelly Malone |
 | Alex Van | ... | Craig Lloyd |
| David Lenthall | ... | Postmaster |
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Referenced in "Roseanne: Hit the Road Jack (#9.14)" (1997)
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Keri Russell was 20 when she made this movie, 2 years before her success in the TV series "Felicity." Here she plays a teacher and part-time librarian in this strange, secluded town, where everyone dies on June 27th!! Even though she generally looks younger than her years, in this film she had to play several years older and did it credibly.
The community is one where a person is stoned to death each June 27th, chosen by lottery. "Don't look at it as murder, Josh, just a different kind of tradition," after her own mother was the most current victim. Turns out his own mother had met that fate years earlier, his investigation showed Josh, after his dad requested on his deathbed that ashes be placed at mother's grave. Josh escapes, but upon returning all towns people stick together, convince the authorities he was crazy, just like his dad, who had made the same accusations.
As other reviewers say, a strange movie, where the ending leads us to assume that another person will be stoned to death next year.