The Stone Boy
Summary:
In this tightly-wound, perceptive film, a young farm boy kills his older brother when a shotgun accidentally goes off then retreats into a shell of silence as his family seems to react against him. Arnold (Jason Presson) and his brother get up at the crack of dawn to go duck hunting, but their happy plans take a tragic turn when Arnold's shotgun gets caught in a barbed wire fence and ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Robert Duvall - (Joe Hillerman)
Jason Presson - (Arnold Hillerman)
Frederic Forrest - (Andy Jansen)
Glenn Close - (Ruth Hillerman)
Wilford Brimley - (George Jansen)
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Review:
Inspired by the financial struggles of the small family farm, a vital social and political issue in the United States at the time, Hollywood produced a spate of dramas in the mid-1980s concerned with the tribulations of heartland families. Somewhat atypical in its psychological emphasis, The Stone Boy (1984) was still firmly rooted in this categ... Continue >>
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