At Close Range
MGM / UA (4/18/1986)
Crime, Drama, Romance
In Collection
#1084
0*
Seen ItYes
027616855510
IMDB   7.0
1 hr 56 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Alan Autry Ernie
R.D. Call Dickie
Candy Clark Mary Sue
Jake Dengel Lester
Stephen Geoffreys Aggie
Crispin Glover Lucas
Gary Gober D.A
Paul Herman
Mary Stuart Masterson Terry
Noelle Parker
Sean Penn Brad Whitewood Jr.
Christopher Walken Brad Whitewood Sr.
Tracey Walter Uncle Patch Whitewood
Christopher Penn
Chris Penn Tommy Whitewood
Millie Perkins Julie
Eileen Ryan Grandma
David Strathairn Tony Pine
J.C. Quinn Boyd
Doug Anderson Marshall
Terry Baker Customer
Terri Coulter Barroom Dancer
E.R. Davies Detective Mosker
Janie Draper Stripper
Marshall Fallwell Jr. Bartender
James Foley Assistant D.A
Bonita Hall Buxom Woman
Director
James Foley
Producer Don Guest
Elliott Lewitt
John Daly
Derek Gibson
Writer Nicholas Kazan
Elliott Lewitt


One of the overlooked films of the 1980s, perhaps because it is such a downbeat tale of an amoral family. Sean Penn plays a kid whose small-time criminal impulses are stoked to a new level when he falls in with his father (Christopher Walken), a vicious career criminal for whom no problem is so large that it can't be solved by a murder. At first exhilarated by the attention from his father (and the jobs he gives him to do), he gradually catches on to just what a bad guy Dad really is. But when he tries to extricate himself, he discovers that Dad now has him squarely in his sights. Penn is terrific in a role of emotional complexity, while Walken, king of the creeps, is positively frightening as this soft-spoken but highly lethal patriarch. --Marshall Fine
Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Chapters 32
Release Date 12/19/2000
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 2.35:1
Subtitles French; Spanish
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0
French Dolby Digital 2.0
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Original Theatrical Trailer