They told 16 year old Rocky Dennis he could never be like everyone else. So he was determined to be better.
A significantly deformed but highly intelligent teenage boy and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- CherRusty Dennis
- Sam ElliottGar
- Eric StoltzRocky Dennis
- Estelle GettyEvelyn
- Richard DysartAbe
- Laura DernDiana
- Micole MercurioBabe
- Harry Carey Jr.Red
- Dennis BurkleyDozer
- Lawrence MonosonBen
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- Peter BogdanovichDirector
- Anna Hamilton PhelanWriter
- László KovácsDirector of Photography
- Dennis RicottaOriginal Music Composer
- Barbara FordEditor
- Martin StargerProducer
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