Miles from Home
5.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Gary Sinise Music director Robert Folk Writer Chris Gerolmo Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Drama Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 12, 1988 Producers Frederick M. Zollo, Paul Kurta Cast Richard Gere (Frank Roberts), Helen Hunt (Jennifer), Brian Dennehy , Kevin Anderson , Penelope Ann Miller , John Malkovich Similar movies John Malkovich appears in Miles from Home and Of Mice and Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miles from Home is a 1988 film starring Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson. It is about two brothers who, after being forced off their farm in the debt stricken Midwestern United States, become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers. The movie was directed by Gary Sinise and written by Chris Gerolmo. The film uses many members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company of which Sinise is a co-founder.
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The film was filmed entirely on location throughout the state of Iowa, including Worthington, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
The Roberts family farm in Iowa is a prosperous one. Frank Roberts, Sr. and his two young sons are even visited there by Nikita Khrushchev during the Soviet Union premier's tour of the Midwestern United States.
Many years later, the boys are grown but their dad's pride and joy has fallen into disrepair and debt. A deluge of rain has ruined the crops. They must resort to desperate measures, even a yard sale, just to pay their bills. The anger of Frank Jr. builds until he ultimately suggests to younger brother Terry that they set fire to the farm, rather than let the bank seize control of it.
As the brothers take to the road, becoming thieves, the story of their action at home strikes a chord with neighbors and strangers who offer them shelter or even a hideout when the law's in pursuit. Along the way, the Roberts brothers encounter a wide variety of people, including Maxwell, a reporter who wants to tell their story before the inevitable tragic consequences can occur.
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