In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he’s an abusive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff.
Release Date: 23 April 1993Runtime: 115 min
Stars:
- Carla Gugino
- Chris Cooper
- Eliza Dushku
- Ellen Barkin
- Jonah Blechman
- Kathy Kinney
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Richard Liss
- Robert De Niro
- Robert Zameroski
- Tobey Maguire
- Tracey Ellis
- Travis MacDonald
- Tristan Tait
- Zachary Ansley
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
