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The Good Son (1993)
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Synopsis
Macaulay Culkin
tries for a change of pace playing a schoolyard psychotic in The Good Son. When 12-year-old son Mark (
Elijah Wood
) is his mother's side as she's dying of cancer, she makes him promise her that she won't die. When she does die, Mark is consumed with grief, as well as guilt that he couldn't keep his promise. Mark's father Jack (
David Morse
) has to go away for a two week business trip to Tokyo shortly after his wife's death. Thinking that the blustery Maine environment will do him good, he drops Mark off with the family of his Uncle Wallace (Daniel High Kelly). At first, Mark is withdrawn, but soon he begins to warm to his Aunt Susan (
Wendy Crewson
), his cousin Connie (Quinn Culkin), and particularly his cousin Henry (Macauley Culkin). Mark and Henry pal around together, but Mark begins to notice some of Henry's ideas of fun differ significantly from his own. For example, Henry demonstrates his homemade crossbow by killing the neighbor's dog, and shows Mark his dummy (called "Mr. Highway") that he drops from an overpass onto a highway, causing a 10-car pileup. Mark begins to suspect that the death of Henry's baby brother wasn't an accident, and it appears Henry is now making plans to rub out his sister. But when Mark tries to warn Henry's parents of their son's homicidal tendencies, they refuse to listen to him. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Cast
Jacqueline Brookes
Alice Davenport
Wendy Crewson
Susan Evans
Macaulay Culkin
Henry Evans
David Morse
Jack
Elijah Wood
Mark Evans
Quinn Culkin
Connie Evans
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Wallace
Production Crew
Anne Gordon
Animal Trainer/Wrangler
Rusty Smith
Art Director
Peter Norman
Camera Operator
John Lindley
Cinematographer
Peter Norman
Cinematographer
Michael Steele
Co-producer
Elmer Bernstein
Composer (Music Score)
Cynthia Flynt
Costume Designer
Joseph Ruben
Director
George Bowers
Editor
Daniel Rogosin
Executive Producer
Ezra Swerdlow
Executive Producer
Barbara M. Ravis
First Assistant Director
Michael Steele
First Assistant Director
Bernadette Mazur
Makeup
Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc
Pilot
Joseph Ruben
Producer
M.A. Page
Producer
Mary Anne Page
Producer
Bill Groom
Production Designer
Thomas Kane
Production Designer
Ian McEwan
Screenwriter
George De Titta, Jr.
Set Decorator
Susumu Tokunow
Sound/Sound Designer
Neil Trifunovich
Special Effects
Jack Gill
Stunts
Year: 1993
Runtime: 87
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for acts of violence and terror involving a disturbed child
Category: Feature
Genre
Thriller
Color type
Deluxe
Sound
Dolby
Produced by
20th Century Fox
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.