Desert Bloom

Desert Bloom
Desert Bloom

Theatrical poster
Directed by Eugene Corr
Produced by Michael Hausman
Written by Eugene Corr
Linda Remy
Starring JoBeth Williams
Jon Voight
Annabeth Gish
Ellen Barkin
Allen Garfield
Music by Brad Fiedel
Cinematography Reynaldo Villalobos
Editing by Cari Coughlin
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) August 1986 (1986-08)
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

  1. ^ "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. 

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