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Weeds

  • 19871987
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  • 1h 55m
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Nick Nolte in Weeds (1987)
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A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
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    • John D. Hancock
    • Dorothy Tristan
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    • Nick Nolte
    • Rita Taggart
    • Ernie Hudson
    • John D. Hancock
    • Dorothy Tristan
    • John D. Hancock
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    • Rita Taggart
    • Ernie Hudson
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    Nick Nolte
    Nick Nolte
    • Lee Umstetter
    Rita Taggart
    Rita Taggart
    • Lillian Bingington
    Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson
    • Bagdad
    Mark Rolston
    Mark Rolston
    • Dave
    Lane Smith
    Lane Smith
    • Claude
    John Toles-Bey
    John Toles-Bey
    • Navarro
    Joe Mantegna
    Joe Mantegna
    • Carmine
    Essex Smith
    • Vocalist
    Sam L. Waymon
    • Vocalist
    Orville Stoeber
    Orville Stoeber
    • Lead Guitar
    Cyro Baptista
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    J.J. Johnston
    J.J. Johnston
    • Lazarus
    William Forsythe
    William Forsythe
    • Burt the Booster
    Anne Ramsey
    Anne Ramsey
    • Mom Umstetter
    Ray Reinhardt
    • Pop Umstetter
    Amanda Gronich
    • Bagdad's Girlfriend
    Felton Perry
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      While filming in Stateville prison a real inmate bonded with one of the film's crew, complaining about the hardships of prison life, and so the crew person then helped them escape by smuggling them out by hiding them on top of a truck. The inmate was caught two days later driving down the South Dakota highway.
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      Featured in At the Movies: Suspect/Killing Time/Barfly/Weeds/Hope and Glory (1987)

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    6/10
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    Lee Umstetter (Nick Nolte) is in San Quentin serving life without the possibility of parole. He has a failed suicide attempt. He starts reading books, anything that is thick. He begins to appreciate literature and writes his own play "Weeds". The prisoners put on his plays and there is a change among them. San Francisco reporter Lillian Bingington takes an interest in him and gets him released. On the outside, he reunites with some of the prisoner-players from Quentin to go on the road with his latest play but it doesn't all go smoothly.

    This start off as a serious prison drama but somewhere along the line, it becomes a dramedy about a traveling Broadway troupe. It's uneven to say the least. It can feel like a meandering journey but it never stops being interesting. The play is the least compelling part of the movie until they showed it in a prison. The movie threatens to get lost at various times but Nolte is able to lead the troupe home.
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      • October 16, 1987 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • EUE/Screen Gems Studios - 1223 N 23rd Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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      • De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
      • Kingsgate Films
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