Overview:
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.| Status: | Released (1992-12-23) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 14 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $63,095,253 |
| Screen: | Giovanni Arpino, Bo Goldman, Ruggero Maccari |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, City Light Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 1158: Al Pacino - Lt. Col. Frank Slade
- 5577: Chris O'Donnell - Charlie Simms
- 8986: James Rebhorn - Mr. Trask
- 5503: Gabrielle Anwar - Donna
- 1233: Philip Seymour Hoffman - George Willis, Jr.
- 88748: Richard Venture - W.R. Slade
- 11367: Bradley Whitford - Randy
Crews
- 4181: Bo Goldman - Screenplay - Writing
- 153: Thomas Newman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 769: Martin Brest - Producer - Production
- 769: Martin Brest - Director - Directing
- 31892: Ruggero Maccari - Characters - Writing
- 4184: Ronald L. Schwary - Executive Producer - Production
- 2241: William Steinkamp - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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Another one of those movies that I watched after it first was released but have only recently watched again. I must say I probably thought more of it some 30 years ago. Nothing against the actors. I think they all did a credible job. I just think two and a half hours was too long to ....
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"Charlie" (Chris O'Donnell) is a hard-up student at the posh Baird prep. school where his bursary-funded status sees him looked down upon by many of his fellow, silver-spooned, colleagues. Their rather pompous principal "Trask" (James Rebhorn) is the victim of a rather messy and humi ....
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