Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott battles with his conservative veteran father, Cliff, and Ralph deals with his desperately sexual mother, Ev. When tragic news arrives from overseas, the entire town, inspired by Ralph and Scott's antiwar efforts, reevaluates its attitude toward the war.
- small town
- vietnam
- graduation
- 1960s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robert Downey Jr.
Ralph Carr
Kiefer Sutherland
Scott Clifton Denny
Bruce Dern
Cliff Denny
Mariette Hartley
Jessie Denny
- Winona Ryder — Beth Carr
- Joanna Cassidy — Ev Carr
- Christopher Wynne — Alden Palmer Denny
- Mert Hatfield — Coach Heart
- Scott N. Stevens — Hitchhiker
- Kara Zielke — Nude Woman
- Keller Kuhn — Marsha
- Steve Foster — Marshall
- Welton Tootle — Junior Roberts
- Don Devendorf — Reverend Hardy
- Robert Louis Stevenson — Dean Bonner
- Directed
- Ernest Thompson
- Written
- Ernest Thompson
Production
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 · 64 ratings
- Studio
- Atlantic Productions, Atlantic Entertainment Group
If this stayed with you
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