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Fire with Fire is a american film of genre Drama directed by Duncan Gibbins released in USA on 9 may 1986 with Craig Sheffer

Fire with Fire (1986)

Fire with Fire
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Released in USA 9 may 1986
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating63% 3.198273.198273.198273.198273.19827

Fire with Fire is a 1986 American romantic drama film about a young woman from a Catholic boarding school who runs away with an escapee from a nearby prison camp. The film stars Virginia Madsen, Craig Sheffer, Kate Reid, Kari Wührer, Tim Russ and D. B. Sweeney. It was directed by Duncan Gibbins, and features a soundtrack by noted film composer Howard Shore. It was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on July 31, 2012, by Olive Films.

Synopsis

In this fact-based adolescent melodrama, Joe Fisk is a juvenile delinquent who falls in love with Lisa Taylor, a beautiful Catholic girl's school student, in an Oregon forest. The two meet by accident when the troubled young man stumbles upon her while being chased by his peers in a training exercise, and sees the lovely girl floating in a small lake as she works on a photography assignment, recreating the Pre-Raphaelite painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais. The two are immediately drawn to each other, but neither of their custodians encourage contact with the opposite sex, and when their relationship is discovered there is trouble all around, forcing the young lovers to flee. The question then remains: Will they be able to escape the law and other authorities long enough to find happiness?

Actors

Craig Sheffer

(Joe Fisk)Virginia Madsen

(Lisa Taylor)Kari Wuhrer

(Gloria)Jon Polito

(Boss Duchard)Tim Russ

(Jerry)
And :
D. B. Sweeney
Kate Reid
Jean Smart
J. J. Cohen
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