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Synopsis
In this family drama from director Sidney Lumet, Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti play Arthur and Annie Pope, a pair of '60s radicals who have eluded the FBI for 16 years after bombing a napalm laboratory as a Vietnam War protest. This lifestyle involves continually moving their base of operations and establishing new identities, which is especially hard on their children, 18-year-old Danny (River Phoenix) and 10-year-old Harry (Jonas Abry), who can never amass a group of friends or an academic record. This last problem comes to the fore when they arrive in a New Jersey town where the high school music teacher (Ed Crowley) takes an interest in Danny's piano playing, encouraging him to apply early admission to Juilliard. Danny yearns to follow this dream, but knows that separating from his parents would be a permanent break -- the aging hippies rarely even see their own parents, and can never inform anyone where they've moved. Arthur can't stand the idea of breaking up the family unit, which has provided the support that's allowed him to tolerate life on the move, but Annie sees her own sacrificed dreams in her son's prodigious musical talents, and begins pressuring Arthur to grant the boy his independence. Complicating factors, Danny has fallen in love with the daughter of his music teacher (Martha Plimpton), but can't allow himself to get too close to her, because he may have to leave again at any moment. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jonas Abry Haprry Pope
Ed Crowley Mr. Phillips
Augusta Dabney Mrs. Patterson
Steven Hill Mr. Patterson
Judd Hirsch Arthur Pope
Christine Lahti Annie Pope
David Margulies Dr. Jonah Reiff
River Phoenix Danny Pope
Martha Plimpton Lorna Phillips
L.M. Kit Carson Gus Winant

Production Crew

Robert Guerra Art Director
Todd Thaler Casting
Gerry Fisher Cinematographer
Amy Robinson Co-producer
Griffin Dunne Co-producer
Tony Mottola Composer (Music Score)
Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Designer
Sidney Lumet Director
Andrew Mondshein Editor
Burtt Harris Executive Producer
Burtt Harris First Assistant Director
Toy Russell Makeup
Amy Robinson Producer
Burtt Harris Producer
Griffin Dunne Producer
Naomi Foner Producer
Philip Rosenberg Production Designer
Naomi Foner Screenwriter
Phil Smith Set Designer
James J. Sabat Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1988
Runtime: 116
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Color type
Technicolor/Metrocolor prints

Produced by
Double Play
Lorimar Productions
Warner Brothers

Release
September 09, 1988 (USA)
by Warner Brothers

Awards
1988 - 10 Best Films - National Board of Review
1988 - Best Film (Drama) - Golden Globe
1988 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe