Release Date
December 30, 1998 (Limited)
February 19, 1999
February 19, 1999
Director
Paul Schrader
Writer
Paul Schrader, Russell Banks
Cast
Wayne Robson, Sean McCann, Brigid Tierney, Holmes Osborne, Marian Seldes, Jim True, Mary Beth Hurt, Willem Dafoe, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte
Studio
Running Time
113 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for violence and language
Wade is the sheriff for a small town, but he is the least secure out of all the people there. He is going through a rough divorce, he is trying to win custody of his daughter, and someone has been shot in the woods, and he isn't sure that it was an accident.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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