Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Jack LemmonJake Tremont
- Ted DansonJohn Tremont
- Ethan HawkeBilly
- Kevin SpaceyMario
- Olympia DukakisBette Tremont
- Kathy BakerAnnie
- Zakes MokaeDr. Chad
- J.T. WalshDr. Santana
- Peter Michael GoetzDr. Ethridge
- John ApicellaDr. Delibro
Crew
- Gary David GoldbergDirector
- Gary David GoldbergWriter
- William WhartonNovel
- Jan KiesserDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Eric A. SearsEditor
- Gary David GoldbergProducer
- Joseph SternProducer
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