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Synopsis

After her husband John dies unexpectedly, Beth Macauley is unprepared for life without him. She is unemployed with no job skills and $60,000 in debt from on-going renovations to their house located in suburban Bingham. She doesn’t know what to do but sell what material possessions she has, such as the family pick-up truck and the house, and move into an apartment in the city, namely Baltimore. None of these actions sit well with her two sons, seventeen year old Chris and nine year old Matty, but they don’t seem to have a choice. Once in the city, Matty, with his new slightly delinquent friend Winston Buckley, aims to help his mother buy back their house. Chris’ main goals are to stop anyone from replacing his father, especially divorced Charles Simon, a musician in an experimental music orchestra who is interested in Beth, and to get to know Jody better, she the slightly older and straightforward nurse who lives in their apartment building. And Beth just wants to survive by finding a job she doesn’t dislike, and keep her family together while trying to maintain her sanity and sense of self-worth. –IMDb

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Paul Brickman

Paul Brickman (April 23, 1949) is an American screenwriter and film director, born in Chicago. He is best known for the film Risky Business where he served as director and screenwriter. His father, Morrie Brickman, created the comic strip “Small Society.”

Before transitioning to directing, Brickman began his career penning offbeat films such as The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and Jonathan Demme’s Handle with Care. In 1983 he made his directorial debut with Risky Business starring Tom Cruise. In 1990 he wrote and directed Men Don’t Leave starring Jessica Lange, an adaptation of the 1982 French film La Vie Continue. Brickman is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College. —Wikipedia 

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COL GEORGE TAYLOR

27Jan12

Release this one on DVD R2 please. Truly a heartbreaking picture.

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Roscoe

1Sep10

A fine small film, that deserves to be better known.

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