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Miles from Home is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gary Sinise released in USA on 16 september 1988 with Brian Dennehy
Miles from Home (1988)
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Add to a movie listMiles From Home is a 1988 film starring Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson. It is about two brothers who, after being 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. The movie was directed by Gary Sinise and written by Chris Gerolmo. The film uses many members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company of which Sinise is a co-founder.
The film was filmed entirely on location throughout the state of Iowa, including Worthington, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
The Roberts family farm in Iowa is a prosperous one. Frank Roberts, Sr. and his two young sons are even visited there by Nikita Khrushchev during the Soviet Union premier's tour of America's Midwest.Actors
Brian Dennehy
(Frank Roberts Sr.)
Richard Gere
(Frank Roberts)
Helen Hunt
(Jennifer)
Laurie Metcalf
(Exotic Dancer)
Penelope Ann Miller
(Sally)
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