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Just Like the Son is a american film of genre Drama directed by Morgan J. Freeman released in USA on 1 january 2006 with Mark Webber
Just Like the Son (2006)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 2006
Length 1h26
Directed by Morgan J. Freeman
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating66%
Just Like the Son is an American feature film written and directed by Morgan J. Freeman. The film was Freeman’s third from an original screenplay and shot during the summer of 2005 in New York City and Wilmington, North Carolina. It premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, made its European debut at the 2006 Rome Film Festival and was released in North America on DVD/VOD by Breaking Glass Pictures.
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Just Like the Son tells the story of Daniel Carter, a 20-year-old delinquent who unknowingly finds redemption by helping a six-year-old child, Boone, find a better life. After being sentenced to community service at a lower east-side grade school, Daniel strikes up an unlikely friendship with Boone, who shares his fear of becoming an orphan due to his mother's illness. When Daniel learns that Boone has an older sister living in Dallas, he begins to question the state system that would place a child in foster care rather than engaging in a search for a next-of-kin. Several days later, when Boone does not show up for school, Daniel decides to make it his business to track the boy down and right the societal crime he sees unfolding. After locating Boone in a temporary foster care facility in upstate New York, Daniel is turned down as an adoption candidate. And when he fails to convince his Father to help him gain custody, Daniel decides to rescue Boone from the orphanage and seek out this long-lost sister on his own. Employing all his street smarts, Daniel grabs Boone and they head off to Dallas.Actors
Mark Webber
(Daniel)
Brendan Sexton III
(Grant)
Rosie Perez
(Mrs. Ponders)
Phyllis Somerville
(Judge)
Adrian Martinez
(Glen)
Frankie Shaw
(Brenda)
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