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American Heart

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American Heart
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NR,1hr 54min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1992
Director:
Martin Bell
Distributor:
Live/Artisan
Starring:
Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong, Lucinda Jenney  ...more
Synopsis: Following up on Streetwise, his powerful documentary on the homeless kids of Seattle, director Martin Bell returned to that city for a dramatic feature. Nick Kelson (Edward Furlong) is a troubled teenager whose mother has been dead for many years; he spends much of his time with other throwaway kids roaming the city. When Nick's father Jack (Jeff Bridges) is released from a long stretch in prison, the father and child reunion is a bumpy one. Jack senses an obligation to his son but is trying to focus ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
Not every documentary can spawn a successful feature, but then there is the case of director Martin Bell's Streetwise giving birth to his American Heart. Bell and his wife, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, collaborated on both films; it was her pictures of Seattle's street kids which inspired the documentary, and she and Bell wrote a screen story for writer Peter Silverman to fashion into a drama about ... Full Review
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Jeff Bridges
Jack Kelson
Edward Furlong
Nick Kelson
Lucinda Jenney
Charlotte
Don Harvey
Rainey
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