Miles from Home (1988) (original) (raw)
Synopsis
Two brothers. All they wanted was their share of the American dream.
Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.
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Misrepresented as a crime spree drama, this is actually more interesting as a study of two men who have spent their lives working on their father’s esteemed farm, and have failed and are angry and lost and don’t know how to deal with it. Gere’s character in particular is not very likeable but that is part of the point, which he recognizes at the end - he’s lashing out and being an arsehole, totally confused by the freedom and notoriety he has and letting it get to his head. The script could have done more with that idea and I’m not saying this is an entirely successful movie, but it is an interesting one. Gary Sinise’s feature film directorial debut. Watched on laserdisc
MILES FROM HOME (1988) USA, colour, 103m.
Directed by Gary Sinise.
Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson has the lead roles in this surprising modern western, where two brothers go bankrupt due to their inability to make their inherited farm profitable. They burn down the farm and rob the bank that expropriated their farm. Then they go on the lam. Suddenly they are folk heroes among most farmers. The film is only marginally interesting, but it is gratefully not directed by Quentin Tarantino.
John Malkovich, Helen Hunt and Penelope Ann Miller can be seen in secondary roles.
The scenario is worth some afterthought.
Would really a bank use recession to ruin small farmers just to enhance profit for their shareholders?
Oh no! That could never happen in real life.
No, no. No way.
It's like Hell or High Water.....if it was boring as shit
eww gross when dick gere tongue fucked bonnie hunt's sister's mouth at the fair, it was extremely graphic and disturbing and it felt very non-consensual.
Two brothers wreck their father's once profitable farm, and once the bank comes to collect the 500k they're owed, the brothers instead burn the farm down, start robbing banks and other such tomfoolery. HELL OR HIGH WATER came along and made this story much more palatable, and this isn't bad per se... but the brothers' plight just isn't framed in any kind of sympathetic way. They're basically the villains of the movie and there aren't any heroes.
I don’t know I think Sinise did a good job directing his first feature film, I also like that he used some of his Steppenwolf theater buddies in the movie, not sure why all the hate on here for this one, sure it’s no Hell or High Water but not sure they were going for the extreme like they do in that film, I thought this was a pretty good movie, it started a bit slow but once it got going I liked it. One crazy thing I just read about Gere is that he turned down Die Hard and Lethal Weapon to do this movie, now that is the craziest part about this movie, lol.
Mother's Day watch. After I blindly got this for her in a store because she likes Richard Gere. Got her a few flicks. And while I would have liked to have watched Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with her, ultimately it's obviously her choice, so. And, honestly, not a bad choice, Mum. Wasn't what I expected, and I pleasantly enjoyed this more than expected. Glad you did too, ma.
Wasted Brian Dennehey, though. But I never thought I'd see Laurie Metcalfe as an exotic dancer, however.
Gah! We used to be a proper country. Your father could fall in love with a communist and kiss him in front of the whole town. You could get into debt and commit arson and nobody said “boo.”
Nowadays, you can’t do any of that, because of woke.
I was bored watching this. Didn’t even notice John Malkovich.
Loved the movie. Great story, great acting, great music.
"What picture they use? They use that damn graduation picture, I hate that one!"
Proto-Hell or High Water, as two brothers experience a struggling family farm go into foreclosure. It's the first of two features that Gary Sinise directed on the sly and also the first of two screenplays Chris Gerolmo did in 1988. Seems a bit ripped from the headlines and some direction choices echo a tucked away sense of personal meaning. The cast includes some early credits from several of the Steppenwolf theatre company. Gere is playing another one of his high-wire combustibles who initially seems miscast as a midwest generational farmer but proves right for the specific character, whose spiraling spendthrift rampage of charismatic outlaw retribution is…
Have you ever been on a farm at night Sally? It's beautiful.
Damn Gary Sinise really loves America. All those Steppenwolf cats were very considerate indulging his corny denim clad fantasies.
A remarkable movie where two brothers are trying to survive when their father's farm is going bankrupt.
I like especially the sequence where Gere shoots the bull! Akward scene!
But marvellous played by Gere!