Independence Day (Follow Your Dreams) (Love, Honour and Obey) (1983)
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77% of users liked it
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In this run-of-the-mill romantic drama, the title Independence Day refers to the usual Fourth of July fireworks festival in the U.S. but also to the dilemma of Mary Ann Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan) who lives in a small town but has a big ambition to go to the city and study photography for a profession… More In this run-of-the-mill romantic drama, the title Independence Day refers to the usual Fourth of July fireworks festival in the U.S. but also to the dilemma of Mary Ann Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan) who lives in a small town but has a big ambition to go to the city and study photography for a profession -- should she go, or should she stay in her hometown with the man she loves? Focus on Mary Ann's dilemma slips to other characters -- her boyfriend's suicidal sister (Dianne Wiest) who is abused by her husband, the abusive husband's equally nasty father, and Mary Ann's boyfriend himself who is preparing his Camaro for the annual Fourth of July race. With the story moving from here to there, hampered by some extraordinary leaps of imagination, the narrative is thinned considerably by the time the Fourth is at hand. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Mandel
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 23, 1983 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Kathleen Quinlan's vim and vigor art at the heart of this romantic drama.
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Cast
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Kathleen Quinlan
as Mary Ann Tyler
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David Keith
as Jack Parker
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Frances Sternhagen
as Carla Taylor
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Cliff De Young
as Les Morgan
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Dianne Wiest
as Nancy Morgan
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Josef Sommer
as Sam Taylor
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Bert Remsen
as Red Malone
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Richard Farnsworth
as Evan
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Brooke Alderson
as Shelly
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Noble Willingham
as Andy Parker
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Anne Haney
as Rose Parker
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Zachary de Loach
as Joey Morgan
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Lance Gordon
as Truck Driver
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Adrienne Hampton
as Girl on Hill
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Jeff Polk
as Billy Morgan
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Susan Ruttan
as Nurse
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Scott Simpson
as Youngest Morgan Child
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Cheryl Smith
as Ginny
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Mary Ann Smith
as Linda
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Bunny Summers
as Nurse #1
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Judy Brown
as Janis
