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Harry and Son is a american film of genre Drama directed by Paul Newman released in USA on 2 march 1984 with Robby Benson
Harry and Son (1984)
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Add to a movie listHarry & Son is a 1984 American drama film directed by Paul Newman, who also stars. The screenplay by Newman and Ronald Buck focuses on the relationship between a blue-collar worker and his son (Robby Benson), who fails at various odd jobs while aspiring to be a writer.
Joanne Woodward, Ellen Barkin, Ossie Davis, Wilford Brimley and Judith Ivey also star.
Much of the film was shot in Lake Worth, Florida. The movie set construction site was the demolition of the sister hotel affiliated with the Gulf Stream Hotel named The Inn.
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Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle, devoted to a dead-end part-time job, surfing, chasing girls, and hot-tubbing while he dreams of becoming the next Ernest Hemingway. Harry also has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina because he dislikes her husband, an insurance salesman.Actors
Robby Benson
(Howard Keach)
Ellen Barkin
(Katie Wilowski)
Joanne Woodward
(Lilly)
Paul Newman
(Harry Keach)
Wilford Brimley
(Tom Keach)
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