In Country Page #4

Synopsis: Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Sam, as Samantha is known, becomes obsessed with finding out about her father and his experiences, but Emmett and the other vets don't want to talk about the war. Sam pushes everyone to attend a dance honoring the town's veterans, but Pete and Earl get into a fight, Emmett disappears, and Tom takes Sam home for an unsuccessful tryst. When Sam reads her father's diary, she begins to understand what his life and death meant, and she and Emmett, with a trip to the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, come at least temporarily to terms with the war in their lives.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Norman Jewison
Production: Warner Home Video
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
R
Year:
1989
120 min
147 Views


And now she's off having babies in Lexington

driving around with the top down

easy listening on the car radio

with Lorenzo Jones.

Lorenzo Jones?

That's what I call her husband.

I guess she thinks he treats her good.

I'm late but it does not mean anything.

How late?

Two weeks.

I've been this late before.

Why aren't you on the pill?

Jeez, I don't know .

Honey, who's this?

It looks like Lonnie but

what's he doing in a uniform?

Oh, that's my Dad!

He was cute.

Yes, he was.

He died over there just before I was born.

I never knew she had this stuff.

Oh, looks at these letters.

Can we read them?

God, no!

Why not?

I don't know. God, look at him.

He missed everything.

You know what I wish we could do?

What?

I wish we could steal the keys to you brother's car

and we could drive over to the Paducah Oaks Mall.

And we could hang out in those bars where

the businessmen all dress up in those sexy outfits.

Yeah, and we can wear black leather

pants and pink sun glasses.

Do not.

I bet we could get them to give us money.

Ooh, for sex they'll pay anything.

God, this town is dead without a mall.

Yeah, I know it.

Sh*t, that's Kenny .

Does he know?

I don't even know do I.

I'm just late.

Alright, I'm coming!

God!

Where bad is gold in Hopewell!

Bye.

The guys were as excited as I was.

I danced all...I dance all around

and they poured beer on me.

I dreamed that maybe I've got a baby boy...um...

I really don't want to name it Darrell.

That was the name of a guy in my outfit

who isn't with us anymore.

I'd feel like it's unlucky to name him Darrell.

Bill and Bob are too ordinary.

My favorite name is Samuel.

It's from the Bible.

I wish you didn't have to go through this by yourself.

Don't ask me to tell you how it is here.

Don't want to know.

I guess if it's a girl we could call it Samantha

This is Larry and Irene.

Business is good.

Life is great.

And we look forward to your terrific message

after the beep!

Mom, I was looking for a dress to wear

to Lonnie's brother's wedding

and I found Daddy's old letters to you.

Why didn't you take them with you?

I mean what kind of person would walk off

and leave something like that behind?

If I loved someone I wouldn't

leave their letters all around.

I'd keep them close to my heart.

And you never told me he wanted a boy!

You never told me anything!

I don't even know he died.

Get on home Danny.

You're possessed of the devil.

Mend your evil ways dog.

God, Emmett.

now that's the kind of thing that

makes people think you're mentally alienated.

Mentally what?

Alienated.

Is that what I am?

In a nut shell.

Do you know about these?

Irene left them here?

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Frank Pierson

Frank Romer Pierson (May 12, 1925 – July 22, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film director. more…

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