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The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) (TV)
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Richard Leder (written by)
Release Date:
23 September 2001 (USA)
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A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Sidney Poitier | ... | Henry Cobb |
 | Piper Laurie | ... | Ruth Anne |
 | Jay O. Sanders | ... | Mike |
 | Wendy Crewson | ... | Karen |
 | Mert Hatfield | ... | Bank Chairman Charlie Redden |
| Cody Newton | ... | Danny Potter |
| Rebecca Koon | ... | Ms. Abbott |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Julian Adams | ... | Flower Shop Patron |
| Mary Alice | ... | Dorothy Cobb |
| Bernie Casey | ... | Lewis |
| Sharon Davis | ... | School Administrator |
| Duke Ernsberger | ... | Principal Robert Keenan |
| Dennis Gomez | ... | Construction worker |
 | Fred Griffith | ... | Teacher |
 | Terry Loughlin | ... | Dr. Hayward |
| Terry Norman | ... | Ms. Walters |
 | Tom Nowicki | ... | Carl Douglass |
| Bill Roberson | ... | Mr. Quinn |
| Michael Siu | ... | Towns kid |
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85 min
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[After surveying some graffiti on the walls of the Washington Public School.]
Henry Cobb: I can't understand why a boy as smart and thoughtful as you would do such a thing.
Danny Potter: I was mad.
Henry Cobb: At the school?
Danny Potter: At my parents.
Henry Cobb: Then why didn't you spray paint them?
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Henry Cobb: I can't understand why a boy as smart and thoughtful as you would do such a thing.
Danny Potter: I was mad.
Henry Cobb: At the school?
Danny Potter: At my parents.
Henry Cobb: Then why didn't you spray paint them?
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Sidney Poitier stars in a film that's in no way similar to Noah Dearborn, whereby his wizened old man uses his knowledge of construction skills against the industrialisation of the big city. Comes complete with flashback sequences.
Sidney plays Henry Cobb, a bricklayer who has eight weeks to make 22,000 bricks. Coming soon – Robert De Niro as Tony Smith, postal worker. He has a fortnight to make the perfect perforation on a stamp. Al Pacino is John Benson, stationery retailer. He has six weeks to make 36,468 staples.
This man's won two Academy Awards, you know...