Bright Angel (1990)

Directed by

Michael Fields

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from Montana teams up with a transient woman to drive to Wyoming and help her brother break out of jail. The two strangers travel across the open landscape, each carrying their own troubles.

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What happens

Bright Angel is a 1990 American drama film directed by Michael Fields in his feature debut, and starring Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, and Sam Shepard. The film follows George and the transient Lucy, who travel from their home in Montana to Wyoming in order to help Lucy's brother escape from jail. The screenplay by Richard Ford is based on the short stories "Great Falls" and "Children" from Ford's 1987 collection Rock Springs. Although it received some critical acclaim, the film earned only $158,243 at the domestic box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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