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Where the Heart Is is a British film of genre Drama directed by John Boorman released in USA on 23 february 1990 with Dabney Coleman

Where the Heart Is (1990)

Where the Heart Is
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Released in USA 23 february 1990
Length 1h47
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romantic comedy
Rating59% 2.951772.951772.951772.951772.95177

Where the Heart Is is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by John Boorman, and starring Dabney Coleman and Uma Thurman.

Synopsis

Stewart McBain (Coleman) is a successful self-made demolitions expert who blows up buildings for a living. In the midst of one such project, a group of protesters stops the last building on a lot, the Dutch House, from being demolished. When McBain appears on TV to dismiss the protests, he is made to look foolish. Returning home, his three college-aged children - Daphne (Thurman), Chloe (Amis), and Jimmy (Hewlett) - ridicule him for appearing on camera.

Actors

Dabney Coleman

(Stewart McBain)Suzy Amis

(Chloe McBain)Uma Thurman

(Daphne McBain)Crispin Glover

(Lionel)Joanna Cassidy

(Jean)
And :
Christopher Plummer
David Hewlett
Maury Chaykin
Dylan Walsh
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