| | | Running from the past and backing into love.
Features: DVD, Widescreen
Sally Field reunites with her Norma Rae director Martin Ritt (Hud, Sounder) for this engaging road comedy that also stars Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive, The Hunted) and David Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman). Field plays Amy Post, a hooker with a heart of gold who winds up on the road to California with Elmore Pratt (Jones), a crooked former prizefighter with maybe one good fight left in him. Sharing a turbulent relationship, the pair heads west from the Deep South - each banking on the new beginnings that beckon the dreams that may come true once they reach the Golden State. M. Emmet Walsh, Barbara Babcock and Nell Carter (as a pistol-packing waitress) add touches of flavor to this gritty, absorbing story of two people living on the fringe, and their intriguing journey.
Editor's Note
The comic actions begins in a trashy hotel in Alabama. There a spirited hustler is picked up by an equally cheerful drifter.
Plot Summary
After being thrown out of her apartment, a hooker is befriended by a drifter, and the two decide to leave town and hitchhike together.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 5/3/2005 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1981 | | Catalog ID: 888884 | | UPC: 00097368888845 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...Ritt has created a gritty atmosphere of 'back road' realism throughout. He has also gotten nice performances out of Field and Jones..." 03/11/1981New York Times
"...Extremely appealing and occasionally gutsy and very funny....One of the most stylish comedies you'll ever see about the joys of third-ratedness." 03/13/1981 p.C6 eFilmCritic 6 of 10
The movie chugs along very well at first, and Jones gives a very good performance, then all of a sud
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
This is all out of the Damon Runyon school of romantic realism. Think how much more interesting this - Roger Ebert
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