Directed by:
Arliss HowardCinematography:
Paul RyanCast:
Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat, Rosanna Arquette, Angie Dickinson, Michael Parks, Jo-Ann Robinson, Sigourney Weaver, Johnny McPhail, Alex Van (more)Plots(1)
The tale of struggling writer Leon Barlow who is trying to make fiction from his past, his dreams, and the dim sound of the future bearing down on him. Divorced from his wife Marilyn, Vietnam veteran Leon has problems with alcohol and rarely gets to visit with his two children. Spending much of his time drinking and writing in North Mississippi hill country, Leon's only friend is his war buddy Monroe, who is puzzling over his own consuming love for a funeral home heiress. Leon struggles to balance his need to create with the needs of those around him. He manages to catch up on his alimony and child support payments, earning a weekend with his children, but he's disappointed with Marilyn's lack of support. While his wife haunts him, his mother sees in her son the return and demise of her beloved husband again... Things in Leon's life seem only to decline even further, until a sudden tragedy occurs... (official distributor synopsis)
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Arliss Howard
USA
Best movies:
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
Moneyball (2011)
Debra Winger
USA
Best movies:
Terms of Endearment (1983)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Shadowlands (1993)
Paul Le Mat
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Burning Bed (1984) (TV movie)
Rosanna Arquette
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Angie Dickinson
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Chase (1966)
Michael Parks
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Hostiles (2017)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Jo-Ann Robinson
Best movies:
The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
We Have a Ghost (2023)
Malicious (2018)
Sigourney Weaver
USA
Johnny McPhail
Best movies:
Free State of Jones (2016)
Ballast (2008)
By Way of Helena (2016)
Alex Van
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Ray (2004)
Lawless (2012)
Larry Brown
USA
Casey Dillard
Best movies:
As I Lay Dying (2013)
Starve (2014)
Driven (2019)