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Desert Bloom
Theatrical posterDirected by Eugene Corr Produced by Michael Hausman Written by Eugene Corr
Linda RemyStarring JoBeth Williams
Jon Voight
Annabeth Gish
Ellen Barkin
Allen GarfieldMusic by Brad Fiedel Cinematography Reynaldo Villalobos Editing by Cari Coughlin Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) August 1986 Running time 105 minutes Country United States Language English Desert Bloom is a 1986 American drama film directed by Eugene Corr and starring an ensemble cast led by Jon Voight and JoBeth Williams. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival and funded through the Sundance Film Festival Institute.[1]
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Plot
World War II has not been over for long. Jack Chismore, who runs a gas station in a remote corner of Nevada, notices quite a few military vehicles stopping for fuel or passing by.
Jack is married to Lily, and his young stepdaughter Rose is at an impressionable age. Jack's sister-in-law, Starr, is getting a divorce and comes to live with them, upsetting the routine of what is already a small and cramped house.
In time, Jack and his family come to dread the growing possibility that the military is conducting atomic-bomb testing in the desert region nearby. Not many people would be put at risk by such a test blast in this isolated part of the world, but the Chismores would be a clear and endangered exception.
Cast
- Annabeth Gish as Rose Chismore
- Jon Voight as Jack Chismore
- JoBeth Williams as Lily Chismore
- Ellen Barkin as Aunt Starr
- Jay Underwood as Robin (as Jay D. Underwood)
- Desiree Joseph as Dee Ann Chismore
- Dusty Balcerzak as Barbara Jo Chismore
- Allen Garfield as Mr. Mosol
- Tressi Loria as Shelly
- Laura Rasmussen as Meryl
- William Lang as Colonel
- Jim McCarthy as Driver
- Ann Risley as Mrs. Muratore
- Rick Schieffer as Mr. Brandal
- Irene Goodnight as R.C. Volunteer
- Eugenia Morán as R.C. Nurse
- Danica Remy as Fun Room Nurse
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Desert Bloom". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/909/year/1986.html. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
External links
Categories:- 1986 films
- American films
- English-language films
- American drama films
- 1980s drama films
- 1980s drama film stubs
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