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Where the Heart Is
- Director: John Boorman
- Writer: John Boorman; Telsche Boorman
- Producer: John Boorman; Edgar F. Gross
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Not what you would expect from Boorman - so sit back and enjoy a thoroughly entertaining piece of madcap mayhem.
By the end - you will have a smile on your face...because, it is obvious that all those involved had a thoroughly jolly time making it - and it transfers, easily, to the audience - quite a rare achievement.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Stewart McBain (Coleman) is a real-estate mogul who spends his living blowing up old buildings to make room to erect new buildings. All goes as planned for a new subdivision, until a group of protesters object to the destruction of one lonely, ugly building, called the Dutch House. Typically, the media is sent to the scene of the protest, and McBain appears on TV in a bad way. His children - Daphne (Thurman), Chloe (Amis), and Jimmy (Hewlett) - ridicule him for appearing on TV, and as a reward for their remarks, he drops them off at the Dutch House with $750 apiece, and tells them they're on their own. They must find jobs if they expect to make money to stay warm. McBain and his wife, Jean watch from afar as their children adapt to their new lifestyle, meeting new friends, and inviting others into their new home, including a decrepit bum.
Cast & Characters
Dabney Coleman as Stewart McBain;
Uma Thurman as Daphne McBain;
Joanna Cassidy as Jean;
Crispin Glover as Lionel;
Suzy Amis as Chloe McBain;
Christopher Plummer as Shitty;
David Hewlett as Jimmy;
Maury Chaykin as Harry;
Dylan Walsh as Tom;
Ken Pogue as Hamilton;
Sheila Kelley as Sheryl;
Michael Kirby as Lionel's Father;
Dennis Strong as Marvin X;
Timothy Stickney as Marcus;
Emma Woollard as Olivia