An ex-convict is tracked down by his estranged teenage son, and the pair try to build a relationship and life together in Seattle.
CrimeDramaRomanceprisonerbased on novel or bookseattle, washingtonalcoholismex-confather son relationship
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesJack
- Edward FurlongNick
- Lucinda JenneyCharlotte
- Don HarveyRainey
- Tracey KapiskyMolly
- Margaret WelshFreddie
- John BoylanJanitor
- Jayne EntwistleMonique
- Richard JoffrayTaxi Dispatcher
- Melvyn HaywardNormandy
Crew
- Martin BellDirector
- Peter SilvermanNovel
- James BagdonasDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Nancy BakerEditor
- Mary Ellen MarkProducer
- James BagdonasProducer
- Jeff BridgesProducer
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