Running on Empty

Running on Empty

7.4IMDb Score
Released:1988-09-09
Duration:116 min
Director:Sidney Lumet
Actors:Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton
Production:Double Play, Lorimar Film Entertainment

Overview:

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

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