After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
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6.4/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Lem Dobbs(screenplay by)
- Neil Gordon(based on the novel by)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Lem Dobbs(screenplay by)
- Neil Gordon(based on the novel by)
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- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Jackie Evancho
- Isabel Grantas Isabel Grant
- (as Jacqueline Evancho)
- Director
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- Lem Dobbs(screenplay by)
- Neil Gordon(based on the novel by)
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Storyline
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan, a.k.a. Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, for which he is wanted as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that exposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the F.B.I. while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals, even as Nick faces their consequences with another. —Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
- Taglines
- You can't escape the past
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language
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Did you know
- TriviaThe final screenwriter on the film was an uncredited Bill Holderman.
- GoofsIn a phone conversation Ben Shepard keeps his mobile phone upside down.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Maltin on Movies: Trance (2013)
- SoundtracksIslands
Performed by Huddle
Written by Mark Satterthwaite (SOCAN) Clay Jones (SOCAN)
Published by Third Side Music Inc.
Courtesy of Huddle 2011
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What Punishment? For What Crime?
Forty years ago, members of the Weathermen robbed a bank in Michigan, killing a woman in the event. The people involved scattered into the wind. Now Susan Sarandon, has been arrested by the FBI for her part in the murder, and the police are looking for her accomplice, Robert Redford. For the past quarter of a century he has been keeping his head down as a lawyer in Albany, New York, raising his daughter, mourning the death of his wife. Plus he wasn't at the robbery, but the only person who can prove that is Julie Christie, and he has no idea where she is.
As the movie progresses we see former campus radicals, and the staid individuals they have become. Judging by the quality of the actors, they are a minorly distinguished bunch: Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Sam Elliott.... it's the sort of cast that Sundance founder, director/producer Robert Redford could assemble for a meditation on right and wrong and issues about whether the ends justify the means, and what punishment can be added to four decades in hiding, terrified that you'll be sent to jail.... and wriggles out of the dilemma by making Redford innocent. Of course we're on his side! He's Robert Redford! He's a good dad! He didn't do anything!
Still, it's good to watch these expert thespians at work.
As the movie progresses we see former campus radicals, and the staid individuals they have become. Judging by the quality of the actors, they are a minorly distinguished bunch: Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Sam Elliott.... it's the sort of cast that Sundance founder, director/producer Robert Redford could assemble for a meditation on right and wrong and issues about whether the ends justify the means, and what punishment can be added to four decades in hiding, terrified that you'll be sent to jail.... and wriggles out of the dilemma by making Redford innocent. Of course we're on his side! He's Robert Redford! He's a good dad! He didn't do anything!
Still, it's good to watch these expert thespians at work.
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,133,027
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $131,718
- Apr 7, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $20,014,680
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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