Jerome (1998)

Jerome is a day in the life of a dreamer. Wade Hampton has found himself trapped by responsibility and lack of understanding by those closest to him. As a result, Wade simply leaves his old... See full summary »

Directors:

David Elton, Thomas Johnston,

Writers:

David Elton, Thomas Johnston,

Stars:

Drew Pillsbury, Wendie Malick, Scott McKenna

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Drew Pillsbury	...	Wade Hampton
Wendie Malick	...	Jane
Scott McKenna	...	Cal
Beth Kennedy	...	Pamela Hampton
James Keenley	...	Paul Hampton
Paul Marusich	...	Lonnie Dodson
Mike Traylor	...	Wingate Jones
Wesley Norton	...	Hard Man in bar
Richard Feld	...	Trucker in diner
Jeff Haley	...	Bill Remus
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carlie Bowmer Jr.	...	Factory Worker
Michael Bowmer	...	Danny Hampton
Anita Cradock	...	Bartender
Mark DeMichele	...	Cook
W. Bear Dubelle	...	Factory Worker

Storyline

Jerome is a day in the life of a dreamer. Wade Hampton has found himself trapped by responsibility and lack of understanding by those closest to him. As a result, Wade simply leaves his old life with the idea of fulfilling a repressed dream of becoming an artist in Jerome, Arizona, a town he knows only through a postcard given to him years earlier by a co-worker. Naturally, an action as extreme as this is not without consequences. On his way, Wade meets Jane, a road hard, enigmatic drifter who lives the life of total freedom he has longed for. As the two speed farther and farther across the scorching Arizona desert, events snowball into an unforeseen crisis forcing Wade to confront realities he never could have imagined only hours earlier.

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Plot Keywords:

arizona | postcard | drifter | desert | jerome arizona | 

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Taglines:

He had a dream. She had a gun.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1998 (USA)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,500 (USA) (10 December 1999)

Gross:

$3,015 (USA) (5 May 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The JET Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cal's original vehicle in the movie was supposed to have been a Chevy Blazer, but after blowing the engine on the way to the set due to lack of oil in the engine, the directors improvised and persuaded a crewmember to let them use his 1981 Chevy Caprice station wagon. They ended up having to replace the transmission after killing it in the chase scenes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Wingate Jones: He's always cool with me, easy goin'. Always shot a good clean weld, you know, no rough seams. Sometimes certain folks in management would ride his ass pretty hard, and Hampton would always say, "he does this or says that one more time, I'm walkin' outa here".
[chuckles]
Wingate Jones: Well he said that kinda shit every day, ya know. It's like getting real mad at someone and saying, some day I'm gonna kill that some of a bitch. Everybody says that shit, ya don't go and kill the person

User Reviews

A fast-moving, darkly funny, American independent film

Our main character, Ward, impulsively decides to give up his welding job in Bakersfield and head to Jerome, Arizona, to realize his dream. Along the way, lots of bad things happen to him. Wendie Malick is fantastic as the personification of trouble our hapless hero picks up along the way. The pacing is never slow, and the film is shot in "mockumentary" format, giving it a darkly humorous edge. See this quirky road picture if you have the chance.