Carroll Baker, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne
A schizophrenic drifter spends Halloween in his home town after returning there for the first time in decades.
DVD Release Date: February 24, 2009
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September 8, 2008Note: Starts off very well as a tough, brutally honest, simple tale about man without a roof above above his head in Depression era, then slowly falling into somewhat safer family drama, one you may catch on a Thursday night TV.
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January 27, 2009Merciless? Or with grace? What is man's condition when there is not a net?
Tom Waits brings additional genius to an already haunting and visually perfect film. -
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January 10, 2008William Kennedy's adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel turns into a showcase for Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, both playing skid-row alcoholics. Director Hector Babenco superbly captures the grinding, hand-to-mouth dreariness of this Depression era tale, which traces...( read more)
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October 15, 2007This movie is moving.It also has a cameo of TOM WAITS, famouse musician. I love this movie because it describes haunting in such a personal way. All the people killed,your family who used to love you,they're all just ghosts to theese characters now and their lives are one LONG nightmare. Are they really awake or is it all just a bad dream?
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