Themes: Journey of Self-Discovery, Unlikely Friendships
Main Cast: James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Karen Black, John Waters, Beah Richards, Robert Glaudini
Release Year: 1989
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Director Andrei Konchalovsky comes a cropper with this mawkish road movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi. Goldberg plays Edwina, an escaped mental patient with a brain tumor and only a month to live. Belushi is Homer, a retarded man abandoned by his parents when he was a child after a smack with a baseball bat rendered him an idiot. The two team-up when Homer takes off to Oregon to visit his parents and catch up on old times. Edwina agrees to drive him there to recover the $87 that Homer has stolen from her. As they drive down the American roadways, they bond, and Edwina is granted the shining love of Homer as she lapses into a coma. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
James Thiel - Twin #1; Andy Jarrell; Anne Ramsey - Edna; Wayne Grace - Preacher; Angelyne - Blonde; Pat Ast - Maggie Sinclair; Katherine Barrese - Waitress; Angelo Bertolini - Mr. Lanza; Marjorie Bransfeld - Betsy; Harry Caesar - Street Person; Ed de Fusco - Bobby French; Jesse J. Donnelly - Jesse; Tony Epper - Gas Station Attendant; Fritz Feld - Mortician; Jack Goode, Jr. - Tawdry Man; Don Hanmer - Cashier #2; Tad Horino - Mickey; Mickey Jones - Man at Pizza Joint; Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr. - Man in Bar with Gun; Jim Mapp - Harmonica Player; Sebastian Massa - Bartender; Ernestine McClendon - Esther; Mae Mercer - Ellen; Michelle Milantoni - Fat Woman in Pizza Joint; Annie O'Donnell - Wife at Pizza Joint; Nancy Parsons - Maid; Barbara Pilavin Gelber - Mrs. Lanza; Logan Ramsey; Jimmie F. Skaggs - Jesus #1; Pruitt Taylor Vince - Cashier; Tracey Walter - Tommy Dearly; Vincent Schiavelli - Priest; Boris Aplon - Driver in Fancy Car; Jan Bina - Wife at Fruit Stand; Smitty Smith - Man Shoveling Snow; Lee Dupree; Nick LaTour - Bar Customer
Credit
P. Michael Johnston - Art Director, Robert MacDonald - Casting, Katherine Dover - Costume Designer, Andrei Konchalovsky - Director, Henry Richardson - Editor, Eduard Artemyev - Composer (Music Score), David Chackler - Musical Direction/Supervision, Michel Levesque - Production Designer, Lajos Koltai - Cinematographer, Moritz Borman - Producer, James Cady - Producer, Patrick Cirillo - Screenwriter
