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6.4/10   874 votes
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Writers:
Nancy L. Babine (writer)
Ken Miller (writer)
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Tagline:
You can leave war, but war will never leave you! more
Plot:
A haunted Vietnam veteran (Danny Glover), living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest... more | add synopsis
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Sheldon Mirowitz on the Creative Process
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Powerful, Sensitive and an Extraordinary Film more (42 total)

Cast

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Danny Glover ... Jake Neeley

Ron Perlman ... Red

Linda Hamilton ... Kate

Zoe Weizenbaum ... Lenny Hocknell (as Zoë Weizenbaum)

David Strathairn ... Henry R. Hocknell Jr.

Timothy Webber ... Mitchell (as Tim Webber)

Gabrielle Rose ... Cyd

Frank C. Turner ... Dinky
Jesse Moss ... Robert W. Gardner

Ty Olsson ... Soldier

Colin Lawrence ... Young Jake
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Woodcutter (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and language.
Runtime:
USA:102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Zoe Weizenbaum's debut role. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: When Jake visits The Vietnam Memorial Wall, Henry Hocknell Jr.'s name is up there. But Henry didn't die in Vietnam, he showed up at Jake's place with his daughter 35 years later, sick, but very much alive. more
Quotes:
Jake: You can't miss something if you never had it to begin with. more

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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Powerful, Sensitive and an Extraordinary Film, 25 September 2005
10/10
Author: kerrorize from Washington DC, United States

This is a powerful, beautifully crafted and superbly acted film. I wept as did the friends sitting at my sides. Yet there was humor along with the tragedy expressed with so much depth of relationships, so genuine you felt you knew these people.

Appropriate in it's timing, with the subject matter of what happens to those who have fought for our country and are left to survive their ordeal. This is a film of our time and of the ages. One which should be seen by mothers and sons, fathers and daughters and especially those who irresponsibly choose to send our children off into wars for power or righteousness. Those who choose to spend more money on the latest, greatest new weapons and ignore the effects of the old ones.

The directorial debut by Gabrielle Savage Docketerman was masterful. Danny Glover and Linda Hamilton show true life chemistry and Oscar quality performances, all to be out shined by the young and very talented Zoe Weizenbaum.

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