Promised Land

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-01-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (960 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Hoffman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Jason Gedrick Tracy Pollan Kiefer Sutherland Meg Ryan

Writer:

Michael Hoffman

Fullplot:

This gritty drama follows two high school acquaintances, Hancock, a basketball star, and Danny, a geek turned drifter, after they graduate. The first film commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival, it portrays the other half of the American dream, as Hancock and his cheerleader girlfriend Mary wander to a middle-class mediocrity out itself out of reach for Danny and his psychotic wife Bev.

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