, 1h37 Directed byPeter Horton OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy-drama ThemesFilms about children, Medical-themed films, Buddy films, HIV/AIDS in film ActorsBrad Renfro, Joseph Mazzello, Diana Scarwid, Annabella Sciorra, Bruce Davison, Nicky Katt Roles Producer Rating77% Set in a small town of Stillwater, Minnesota, Erik (Brad Renfro) is an adolescent loner with an emotionally abusive and neglectful and selfish workaholic mother, Gail (Diana Scarwid) who hardly spends time with him. His father, who treated Erik considerably better than his mother, died a couple years prior. Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, is Erik's neighbor. Initially, Erik is put off by Dexter, but the two soon become good friends despite their differences. Erik seeks a family in Dexter and his congenial mother, Linda (Annabella Sciorra), due to his strained relationship with Gail, but keeps the friendship a secret from her, knowing that she won't approve.
, 2h6 Directed byJon Avnet OriginUSA GenresDrama, War ThemesPolitical films ActorsElijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Lexi Randall, Lucas Black, Christine Baranski Roles Executive Producer Rating66% Stephen, a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran, returns from a mental hospital, which he entered voluntarily because he was suffering from nightmares about the war and had in consequence lost three jobs in a row. After having been treated and finally coming home again, he gets a new job as custodial engineer at a grammar school, but loses it again within less than one week because of a law forbidding people who spent time in a mental hospital to work within the vicinity of children. However, the Simmons family desperately needs money, so Stephen continues looking for work, and finds a job picking potatoes. There he makes friends with a man called Moe Henry, with whose help he succeeds in obtaining a job working in a mine - his best one yet.