A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Director:
Deborah KampmeierWriter:
Deborah Kampmeier
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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Dakota Fanning | ... | Lewellen | |
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Granoldo Frazier | ... | Band Member D (as Grenaldo Frazier) |
Isabelle Fuhrman | ... | Grasshopper | |
Cody Hanford | ... | Buddy | |
Piper Laurie | ... | Grammie | |
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Charlie Lucas | ... | Band Member A |
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Herman McCloud | ... | Band Member B |
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Chandler McIntyre | ... | Buddy's Mother |
David Morse | ... | Daddy | |
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Robin Mullins | ... | Marge |
Afemo Omilami | ... | Charles | |
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Tom Oppenheim | ... | Mechanic |
Tim Parati | ... | Bartender | |
Blake Rayne | ... | Elvis (as Ryan Pelton) | |
Robin Wright | ... | Stranger Lady (as Robin Wright Penn) |
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
12 years old is certainly old enough to understand what rape is. Dakota is by far one of the most intelligent actresses in her field today. She's probably smarter than most of the other actors she is working with. For anyone to blindly judge what she is capable of understanding is absurd. I would gather that is is highly certain that Dakota's parents were directly involved in every aspect of this film, and that the director and other film personnel understood that this was a very sensitive subject. However, I would believe that in this country we as a society have a responsibility to not only the children, but also ourselves to stop hiding these kinds of issues. Some of the reasons there are problems with people understanding issues of this nature (rape, drug use, etc.) is because all this subject matter is considered too "taboo" to put into a mainstream film. We sugarcoat everything to the point where it ceases to have anything real about it. Dakota is one actress who, thankfully, isn't afraid to put herself out there and let it fly. She did it in Man On Fire, and this is no different. Wake up America!