Promised Land

Following the fortunes of four young adults, this third picture from the producer-director team of Rick Stevenson and Michael Hoffman seeks to examine the unfulfilled promises of the American Dream. High school basketball star Davey Hancock (Jason Gedrick) is bound for college on an athletic scholarship. His friend, Danny Rivers (Kiefer Sutherland), drops out of school and leaves the little town of Ashville, Utah. Two years later, Davey is an Ashville policeman, having failed to make the grade in college ball, who is trying to hold onto his girlfriend, Mary (Tracy Pollan), whose horizons have been broadened by college. In Nevada, Danny marries Bev (Meg Ryan), an im...