Miles from Home
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Miles from Home The Last Outlaw |
| Original title | Miles from Home |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12/16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gary Sinise |
| script | Chris Gerolmo |
| production | Ira Deutchman , Paul Kurta , Amir Jacob Malin , Frederick Zollo |
| music | Robert Folk |
| camera | Elliot Davis |
| cut | Jane Schwartz Jaffe |
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Miles from Home (German cross-reference: The Last Outlaw ) is an American drama directed by Gary Sinise from 1988 .
action
At the beginning of the film, black and white pictures of Nikita Sergejewitsch Khrushchev's visit to the United States are shown. The politician visits a farm in Iowa . About 30 years later, the farm owner's two sons, Frank and Terry, have grown up and run the farm.
The farm is in economic difficulties. The brothers sell their mobile property in front of the house; they get to know the girls Sally and Jennifer, with whom they flirt. Sally feels sorry for Terry when she realizes that she has not one of the buyers in front of her, but the farm owner who is forced to sell out. As the mortgage loan installments fail to be paid, the bank terminates the loan. She wants to sell the farm to someone interested. However, the brothers burn the farm as a protest, as many other farmers in the area are also in financial difficulties. Then they flee and become outlaws. However, after being followed by the police, people in the area hail them on the basis of numerous reports in the media. In the end, one of the brothers surrenders to the police after finding a friend he wants to live with. The other brother tries to flee to Canada and find a job there on an acquaintance's farm.
Reviews
Roger Ebert praised the portrayals of Kevin Anderson and Penelope Ann Miller in the Chicago Sun-Times of September 16, 1988. The " credible, warm chemistry " between Anderson and Miller is true. Some images would be reminiscent of the movie In the Embers of the South , the plot would be reminiscent of the films Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands - Shattered Dreams .
Awards
Gary Sinise was nominated for the Palme d'Or in 1988 .
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
background
Numerous performers were members of the Chicago Steppenwolf Theater Company, which Gary Sinise co-founded .
The film was shot in Iowa . It grossed just under 189,000 US dollars in cinemas in the United States .
Film music
When it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival , the film was attacked by European critics as being too American. This ultimately meant that the film had to be re-edited afterwards - the composer Robert Folk also came under fire and had to revise his film music again, as the producers and distributors suddenly demanded a much more cautious, less broad music with a small cast.
Robert Folk then re-orchestrated some pieces of his film music , and about a third of the score had to be adapted to the new film editing - but the composer is no longer satisfied with the new version. In an interview he explained: “The current version is unfortunately far from the original musical dramaturgy that the director and I actually had in mind. The original version was just fantastic. Gary Sinise wanted to make a very bold, very epic statement with the music. The film was also a great success at the screening in Cannes, there were standing ovations and some viewers cried. The emotional impact of the music was simply overwhelming. "
Footnotes
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ↑ Filming locations for Miles from Home
- ^ Business Data for Miles from Home
- ↑ Der Deutsche Filmmusik-Dienst No. 18 / September 1991 - Interview with Robert Folk - by Thomas Karban , p. 16
Web links
- Miles from Home in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Miles from Home at Rotten Tomatoes (English)