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Hard Choices

1984, Movie, NR, 90 mins

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An interesting film that passed virtually unnoticed. The tale concerns Klenck, a social worker whose job is to get juveniles out of adult jails. She begins working to help 15-year-old McCleery, who accompanied his two older brothers on a holdup that ended with the death of a police officer. When funds for her program are cut off, Klenck goes to her old college friend, drug dealer Sayles, for the money to hire McCleery a good lawyer. (Sayles wants kids to stay out of jail so... read more leave a comment
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When a 15-year-old boy is reluctantly involved in a robbery and struggles to survive in a hostile Tennessee legal system, a young female social worker seeks better treatment for him and soon becomes interested in more than his rehabilitation. Monologuist Spalding Gray ("Swimming to Cambodia") co-stars with Martin Donovan ("The Unbelievable Truth") and Oscar-nominated writer/director John Sayles ("Lone Star," "Brother from Another Planet"), appearing in one of his few acting roles.
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Length: 01:31:01
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When a 15-year-old boy is reluctantly involved in a robbery and struggles to survive in a hostile Tennessee legal system, a young female social worker seeks better treatment for him and soon becomes interested in more than his rehabilitation. Monologuist Spalding Gray ("Swimming to Cambodia") co-stars with Martin Donovan ("The Unbelievable Truth") and Oscar-nominated writer/director John Sayles ("Lone Star," "Brother from Another Planet"), appearing in one of his few acting roles.
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Length: 01:31:00
Posted: 1/25/2008
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When a 15-year-old boy is reluctantly involved in a robbery and struggles to survive in a hostile Tennessee legal system, a young female social worker seeks better treatment for him and soon becomes interested in more than his rehabilitation. Monologuist Spalding Gray ("Swimming to Cambodia") co-stars with Martin Donovan ("The Unbelievable Truth") and Oscar-nominated writer/director John Sayles ("Lone Star," "Brother from Another Planet"), appearing in one of his few acting roles.
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Length: 01:31:00
Posted: 1/25/2008
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Experimental independent film follows several unexpected twists and turns in the life of a young man, Bobby.
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Posted: 12/6/2007
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Year: 1984
Rated NR

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Cast
Margaret Klenck: Laura Stephens
Gary McCleery: Bobby Lipscomb
John Seitz: Sheriff Mavis Johnson
John Sayles: Don
John Snyder: Ben
Martin Donovan: Josh

 

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