Directed by:
Emilio EstevezScreenplay:
James DuffCinematography:
Peter LevyComposer:
Basil PoledourisCast:
Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Corin Nemec, Ann Hearn, Carla Gugino, Renée Estevez, Lane Smith, Martin Luther King (more)Plots(1)
Estevez (who also directed) plays a returning Vietnam War hero whose haunting experiences leave him unable to adjust to the quiet realities of small town life. At odds with his domineering father (Sheen), his desperately cheerful mother (Bates), and free-spirited younger sister (Kimberly Williams) -- tensions at home soon escalate, finally reaching the breaking point one fateful Thanksgiving Day. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Emilio Estevez
USA
Best movies:
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Badlands (1973)
The Way (2010)
Kathy Bates
USA
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Misery (1990)
High Stakes (1989)
Martin Sheen
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Departed (2006)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
USA
Best movies:
Amish Grace (2010) (TV movie)
The Tenth Kingdom (2000) (series)
We Are Marshall (2006)
Corin Nemec
USA
Best movies:
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV movie)
The Stand (1994) (series)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Ann Hearn
USA
Best movies:
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
The Accused (1988)
A Woman of Independent Means (1995) (series)
Carla Gugino
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
This Boy's Life (1993)
Sin City (2005)
Renée Estevez
USA
Best movies:
The Way (2010)
Heathers (1988)
The War at Home (1996)
Lane Smith
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Frances (1982)
Martin Luther King
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
Penelope Allen
Best movies:
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Michael Wiseman
USA
Best movies:
The Stöned Age (1994)
The War at Home (1996)
Predator 2 (1990)
Geoffrey Blake
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Cast Away (2000)
Chad Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Taken (2002) (series)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
The War at Home (1996)
Tuan Tran
Best movies:
Heaven & Earth (1993)
The War at Home (1996)
Rules of Engagement (2000)