Miles from Home (1988) ( Farm of the Year )

Miles from Home (1988) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Farm of the Year
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Gary Sinise

Written By:
Chris Gerolmo

Actors:
Brian Dennehy ..... Frank Roberts Sr.
Jason Campbell ..... Young Frank Roberts (as Jason Campbill)
Austin Bamgarner ..... Young Terry Roberts
Larry Poling ..... Nikita Khrushchev
Richard Gere ..... Frank Roberts
Kevin Anderson ..... Terry Roberts
Terry Kinney ..... Mark
Penelope Ann Miller ..... Sally
Helen Hunt ..... Jennifer
Francis Guinan ..... Tommy Malin
Mary Pat Hennagir ..... Checkout Girl
Judith Ivey ..... Frances
Robert Otis ..... Trailer Park Neighbor
Dennis Blome ..... Sheriff
Laurie Metcalf ..... Exotic Dancer

Synopsis:

Tom Mullen is a wealthy corporate executive used to mediating tough business deals, and doing things his own way. Along with his beautiful wife Kate and son Sean, Tom has all the material trappings of success, including a Fifth Avenue penthouse, an enviable position in New York society and high media visibility. But when the thing he cherishes most - his young son - is abducted by desperate criminals and held for ransom, Tom's world of affluence and privilege comes crashing down. And after an FBI rescue operation fails, he engineers a dangerous countermeasure in a last chance effort to bring his boy back to safety. With his son's life hanging precariously in the balance, and his wife terrified by the shocking plan, Tom offers an appalling proposal, the response to which could easily result in the loss of his son forever.

Brothers Frank and Terry Roberts inherit their father's farm, but fall prey to debts and foreclosures. They burn the farm to prevent the bank gaining access to it, and go on the run, the media building them up as folk heroes.

Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 01 August, 2021.