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Adam Gilad (written by)
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Release Date:
16 April 1997 (USA) more
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Cast

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Kathy Baker ... Tammy Schnitzer

Adam Arkin ... Brian Schnitzer

Max Gail ... Wayne Inman (as Max Gail Jr.)

Ed Begley Jr. ... Henry Whitcomb
Bradford Tatum ... Ray Flanders
Douglas Greer ... Isaac Schnitzer
Hannah Driggs ... Rachel Schnitzer
Anne Sward ... Carla Inman
Char Nelson ... Margie McDonald
Tayva Patch ... Joan
Scott Wilkinson ... Deke
Ryne Sanborn ... Stephen
Oscar Rowland ... Grandpa Lemble
Janice Knickrehm ... Grandma Lemble
David Valenza ... Jimmy Dades
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, including depiction of hate crimes.
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90 min
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I'm proud of my hometown, 11 October 2006
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Author: D B from United States

First of all, in response to another message posted, Billings, Montana is NOT a town full of rednecks. I grew up in that town, and I was in high school there in 1993.

I thought the movie was okay. It does have an important message about how people standing together can help defeat bigotry. It shows how "silence implies consent," and that people doing nothing only encourages bigotry. When so many people stood together against bigotry, the incidents stopped, slowly but surely.

The movie does embellish a lot of details, and it leaves many details out. For instance, there is no mention in the movie about the bias incidents happening in the high schools around town about the same time. When the kids saw the adults standing up against the bigotry, many of them started doing that as well, and the number of incidents decreased.

The slogan was actually "NOT IN OUR TOWN" and it was posted on the billboard of a sporting goods store. One would think that the people making the movie would get at least that right.

Some things that happened were very much dramatized, and some things that didn't happen were added. I was a bit confused by the movie the first time I watched it, as so much was changed.

Overall, the movie does have an important message. However, take some time to learn the real story behind the movie.

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