Miles from Home (1988)

Directed by

Gary Sinise

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers lose their family farm to bank foreclosures in the Midwest. They start robbing the banks that evicted them and become folk heroes to other struggling farmers.

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What happens

Miles from Home is a 1988 American action thriller film starring Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson. It is about two brothers who, after being forced off their farm in the debt stricken Midwestern United States, become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers. The movie was directed by Gary Sinise and written by Chris Gerolmo. The film uses many members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company of which Sinise is a co-founder. The film was filmed entirely on location throughout the state of Iowa, including Worthington, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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