Alan Arkin, Anthony Holland, Arny Freeman, Joan Tompkins, John Harkins ...( see more  see more... ) , Louis Zorich , Miguel Alejandro , Reuben Figueroa , Rita Moreno

Arthur Hiller directed this comedy about a Puerto Rican single father (Alan Arkin) living in New York City's Spanish Harlem who dreams of a better life for his children (Miguel Alejandro and Ruben Fig...( read more  read more... )ueroa). His big plan? To load the kids onto a boat off the coast of Florida and let them "float" to a better life. Can he pull it off? Is he doing the right thing? Rita Moreno co-stars.

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G, 113 min.

Directed by: Arthur Hiller

Release Date: January 1, 1969

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DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003

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  • March 26, 2007
    Yet again I say, Alan Arkin deserved his Oscar this year. This is a powerfully quiet film about love and the lengths to which a parent might go in order to express that love. Arkin's misguided plan to find a better life for his sons only goes to prove that the bounds of familia...( read more)l love are often too strong to break, no matter how altruistic the intentions may be.
  • May 29, 2009
    this was a good ass movie...

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