GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Far From Home (1989)
Info:
- Release Date: June 30, 1989
- Creators: Meiert Avis (director), Theodore Gershuny (writer)
- Genre: Nevada Sucks
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Dating choices are slim in Banco, Nevada for stranded, precocious 14-year old, Joleen: one boy will try to rape her and another will try to kill her.
Notes:
- Joleen's three swatches on one wrist
- Agnes unwinding in a bathtub with a cigarette and beer, shortly before her murder
- "Is that per cube?" - Charlie, on being charged $1 for ice
- "You promised Aqua Boy fishsticks!"
- "Does the word 'Thai stick' mean anything to you?" "Yeah, jail."
- "I just don't think this trip with Jo was a good idea."
Cast:
- Drew Barrymore as Joleen
- Matt Frewer as Charlie
- Richard Masur as Duckett
- Jennifer Tilly as Amy
- Andras Jones as Jimmy
- Anthony Rapp as Pinky
- Susan Tyrrell as Agnes
