Running on Empty 1988
- Director: Sidney Lumet
- Seen by this director: Daniel, The Wiz, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, 12 Angry Men
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley, L M Kit Carson, Lynn Thigpen, Marcia Jean Kurtz
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- River Phoenix – My Own Private Idaho, Mosquito Coast, Stand by Me
- Christine Lahti – Yonkers Joe, Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman, Out of the Ashes, The Pilot’s Wife, Leaving Normal, Housekeeping, And Justice for All
- Judd Hirsch – This Must Be the Place, A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People
- Martha Plimpton – Beautiful Girls, I Shot Andy Warhol, Stanley and Iris, Mosquito Coast
- Why? Good film
- Seen: Once before. Now: 2 October 2023
Annie (Lahti) and Artie (Hirsch) have been wanted by the FBI since 1971 when they bombed a napalm and military research facility. They have two sons, Danny (Phoenix) and Harry (Carson). Every two months or so the Feds get close and they flee to another town with the help of their radical underground friends, change their names, get anonymous jobs and get involved in human rights movements.
The boys enrol in new schools, make new
superficial friends. They’re used to it, they’ve been doing it all their lives.
But Danny is growing up. He’s tired of his parents’ restrictions, of not having
roots, of leaving his friends, of being secretive.
When Danny, a talented musician, having
learnt from Annie, a former Julliard student, has an opportunity to go to
Julliard, everything is at risk of falling apart.
This film is good on many levels. Phoenix
and Lahti were nominated for many awards, as was the film itself.
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