poster movie

Running on Empty

They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his.

7.4 average rating
★★★★★
7.4
English / 116 MIN. / 1988

The Genres

The Synopsis

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

The Cast

Christine LahtiRiver PhoenixJudd HirschJonas AbryMartha PlimptonEd CrowleyL.M. Kit CarsonSteven HillAugusta DabneyDavid MarguliesLynne ThigpenMarcia Jean KurtzSloane SheltonJustine JohnstonHerb LovelleBobo LewisRonnie GilbertLeila DanetteMichael BoatmanJenny LumetWilliam FoellerCarol CavalloAlice DrummondJoey ThrowerDonna HanoverThomas FraioliBurke PearsonElżbieta CzyżewskaAngela PietropintoDaniel Dassin

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