Miles from Home
- Brian Dennehy: Frank Roberts Sr.
- Jason Campbell: Young Frank
- Austin Bamgarner: Young Terry
- Richard Gere: Frank Roberts, Jr.
- Kevin Anderson: Terry Roberts
- Terry Kinney: Mark
- Penelope Ann Miller: Sally
- Helen Hunt: Jennifer
- Laurie Metcalf: Dancer
- John Malkovich: Barry Maxwell
- Laura San Giacomo: Sandy
Miles from Home (German Reference Title: The Last Outlaw ) is an American film drama directed by Gary Sinise from the year 1988.
Action
At the beginning of the film black and white images are shown of a visit by Nikita Khrushchev in the United States. The politician visited a farm in Iowa. About 30 years later, the two sons of the farm owner, Frank and Terry, grow and run the farm.
The farm is located in economic difficulties. The brothers sell before the house of their mobile property; while they learn the girls Sally and Jennifer, with whom they flirt. Sally sorry Terry, as she realizes that she does not have a right to the buyer, but the farm owner, who is forced to sell out. Since the payment of the installments of the mortgage loan fail, the bank denied a loan. She wants to sell the farm to an interested buyer. The brothers, however, burn the farm as a protest, because you can also find many other farmers in the area in financial difficulties. Then they escape and become outlaws. Pursued by the police, but they are celebrated by the people in the area due to numerous reports in the media. In the end, one of the brothers of the police is after he finds a girlfriend with whom he wants to live. The other brother tries to flee to Canada and to find there at the farm of a friend a job.
Reviews
Roger Ebert praised in the Chicago Sun - Times on 16 September 1988, the representations of Kevin Anderson and Penelope Ann Miller. The " credible, warm chemistry" between Anderson and Miller agree. Some pictures would in Days of Heaven remember the movie, the plot remind you of the films Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands - Sever dreams.
Awards
Gary Sinise was nominated in 1988 for the Golden Palm.
Background
Many performers were members of the co-founded by Gary Sinise Chicago Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
The film was shot in Iowa. He played in the cinemas of the United States, a nearly 189 thousand U.S. dollars.
Film Music
During the performance during the film festival in Cannes, the film was attacked by European critics as too American. This led ultimately to the fact that the film subsequently had to be cut down again - the composer Robert Folk was criticized and had to again revise his film music, as the producers and distributors now suddenly demanded a much more restrained, less wide music in a small ensemble.
Robert Folk has subsequently umorchestriert some pieces of his film music, in addition, had about one-third of the score again be adapted to the new movie section - with the new version, the composer shows, however, no longer satisfied. In an interview he said: "The current version is unfortunately far from the original musical dramaturgy, as she had the director and actually hovered me The original version was simply fantastic Gary Sinise wanted to do with the music a very brave, very epic statement.. . also at the screening at Cannes, the film was a great success with the public, there was a standing ovation, some audience members were crying. the emotional effect of the music was just overwhelming. "