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)Cast
Christine Lahti
USA
Best movies:
...And Justice for All (1979)
Running on Empty (1988)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
River Phoenix
USA
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Running on Empty (1988)
Stand by Me (1986)
Judd Hirsch
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Serpico (1973)
Running on Empty (1988)
Jonas Abry
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Martha Plimpton
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Remember Me (2010)
Shy People (1987)
Steven Hill
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Yentl (1983)
Lynne Thigpen
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Tootsie (1982)
The Insider (1999)
Alice Drummond
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Running on Empty (1988)
Elzbieta Czyzewska
Poland
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Music Box (1989)
Michael Boatman
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Donor (1990) (TV movie)
Jenny Lumet
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Q & A (1990)
Deathtrap (1982)
Justine Johnston
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Blood Sisters (1972)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
L.M. Kit Carson
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
CQ (2001)
David Holzman's Diary (1967)
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Running on Empty (1988)
Augusta Dabney
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Plaza Suite (1971)
The Portrait (1993) (TV movie)
David Margulies
USA
Best movies:
Ghostbusters (1984)
Running on Empty (1988)
All That Jazz (1979)
Donna Hanover
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Interview (2007)
Ed Crowley
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Running on Empty (1988)
Angela Pietropinto
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Running on Empty (1988)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Daniel Dassin
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Married to the Mob (1988)