Main Cast: Jason Robards, Jr., Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe, Deborah Richter
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 118 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Gemma (Winona Ryder) is a young teen raised by her crusty grandfather Dillard (Jason Robards) in this drama of a young woman's coming of age. When she goes to the city to spend the summer with her estranged mother Juanella (Jane Alexander), she falls for Rory (Rob Lowe), a rural rube of less-than-average intelligence, but her only true friend in a hypocritical town. Gemma's promiscuous mother delights in reminding the emotional Gemma that her father could be any one of several men, and Gemma's frustration leads to an inevitable confrontation between mother and daughter. Deborah Richter plays the town floozie Gwen. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Guich Koock - Frank; Elbert Lewis - Beecham; Irma P. Hall - Preacher Dixon; Harlan Jordan - Ray Ferrys; Brad Leland - Drunk Cowboy; Dennis Letts - Bob Hadley; Annabelle Weenick - Mrs. Weeks; Stephanie Binford - School Girl; Barbara Britt - Miss Lawson; Jim Bynum - Jack Springer; Newt Davis - Bubba Springer; Gwen Little - Doreen Hadley; Barbara McCauley - School Girl; David J. Moeller - Dub Mosley; Linda Nye - Eunice Tanner; Dee Pyland - May Tompkins; Charlotte Stanton - Aggie; Dixie Taylor - Dolores; Liz Williams - Miss Harley
Credit
Cyrus Yavneh - Associate Producer, Shari Rhodes - Casting, Liz Keigley - Casting, Elizabeth McBride - Costume Designer, Daniel Petrie - Director, Bruce Green - Editor, Jane Alexander - Executive Producer, Charles Haid - Executive Producer, Bruce Broughton - Composer (Music Score), Carla Palmer - Makeup, Jan Scott - Production Designer, Jacek Laskus - Cinematographer, Jane Alexander - Producer, Daniel Petrie - Producer, Erica Rogailla - Set Designer, Jack Bennett, Jr. - Special Effects, Alan Hines - Screenwriter, Rick Anderson - Second Unit Director Of Photography, Alan Hines - Book Author
