Last updated April 28, 2024
Based on a true story, this thought-provoking drama profiles two fathers: an Amish man whose young child is killed by reckless teens, and the prosecutor who tries to bring the youths to justice despite the condemnation he faces from the community.
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Fed up with her boyfriend, live-wire Arkansas waitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), a naïve housewife burdened with a negligent, sexist husband, to hit the road with her for a simple weekend of freedom. But after accidentally killing a man, the two friends wind up outlaws blazing a cathartic trail across America. Callie Khouri won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
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While researching a book on serial killings, writer Brian Kessler (David Duchovny) and his girlfriend, Carrie Laughlin (Michelle Forbes), travel cross-country to the murder sites and unwittingly stumble upon strangers who know the subject firsthand. A pair of hitchhikers (Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis) offer to share expenses for the trip, but Kessler doesn't realize just how close he is to his subject -- even as bodies pile up behind them.
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After street hustler Billy Canton (Brad Pitt) turns her on to a life of drugs, theft and prostitution, abused and homeless Amanda Bradley (Juliette Lewis) stabs a man while high and finds herself standing trial, facing the death penalty for homicide. Exploring the complexities of punishment for troubled, abandoned youth, this gritty made-for-television drama is based on actual events. Alan Fudge portrays D.A. Mark Calhoun.
Details about Too Young to Die?
Even-tempered Joe (Brad Pitt) dreams of obtaining a track scholarship. His brother, Billy (Rick Schroder), is a teenage rebel with a fiery temper who's recently been paroled from reform school. When Joe talks Billy into joining a rival school's track team, he unexpectedly finds himself racing against his brother with the scholarship hanging in the balance. An interesting early role for Pitt (shortly before he became a sex symbol and megastar).
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Young Rick searches for the cure to a rare skin disease that will kill him if he is exposed to light. In a small town, a local healer has provided him with a remedy that lasts only three days, and he realizes he must lives those days to the fullest.
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Wannabe rock star Johnny Suede (Brad Pitt) learns there's more to life than a guitar and a big pompadour in this bittersweet drama. House painter Johnny hopes to become a star like his idol, Ricky Nelson. He falls hard for Darlette (Alison Moir), who has record industry connections, but she hits the high road when Johnny's career hits the skids. Crushed, Johnny then meets Yvonne (Catherine Keener), who helps him realize what's important in life.
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