Frank Slade has a plan. It includes a weekend of fast cars, the tango, high living and a loaded forty five. And Charlie is coming along for the ride.
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Al PacinoLt. Col. Frank Slade
- Chris O'DonnellCharlie Simms
- James RebhornMr. Trask
- Gabrielle AnwarDonna
- Philip Seymour HoffmanGeorge Willis, Jr.
- Richard VentureW.R. Slade
- Bradley WhitfordRandy
- Ron EldardOfficer Gore
- Rochelle OliverGretchen
- Margaret EgintonGail
Crew
- Martin BrestDirector
- Bo GoldmanScreenplay
- Giovanni ArpinoNovel
- Donald E. ThorinDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- William SteinkampEditor
- Michael TronickEditor
- Harvey RosenstockEditor
- Martin BrestProducer
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