Directed by:
Sidney LumetScreenplay:
Naomi FonerCinematography:
Gerry FisherComposer:
Tony MottolaCast:
Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton, Steven Hill, Lynne Thigpen, Alice Drummond, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Michael Boatman (more)Plots(1)
After anti-war activists Annie and Arthur Pope (Christine Lahti and Judd Hirsch) blew up a napalm lab in 1971, they became lifelong fugitives. They and their children have stayed just one step ahead of the law, running from state to state, job to job, identity to identity. But now elder son Danny (River Phoenix) wants to stop running from a past not his. And to do so, he might never see his on-the-lam family again. Directed by Sidney Lumet from Naomi Foner's Golden Globe Award-winning screenplay, this powerful, bittersweet movie also stars Martha Plimpton and Steven Hill, and earned acting honors for the emotional performances of Lahti (Los Angeles Film Critics Best Actress Award) and Phoenix (named Best Supporting Actor by the National Board of Review). (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1989 - River Phoenix (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 1989 - Naomi Foner (Best Original Screenplay)
Golden Globes
- 1989 - Naomi Foner (Best Screenplay)
- 1989 - Best Motion Picture – Drama
- 1989 - Sidney Lumet (Best Director)
- 1989 - Christine Lahti (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 1989 - River Phoenix (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1988 - Christine Lahti (Best Actress)