Loosely based on short stories by Richard Ford, a neonoir about a young couple drifting at the edges of society who find themselves in over their heads when trying to free the woman's brother from jail. Lili Taylor, Dermot Mulroney, 1990.

STARS: Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard

George Russell (Dermot Mulroney, Career Opportunities) is about to be swept up by his own destiny and carried into a future he never planned. A teenager stuck in a broken home in smalltown Montana, George longs for something beyond the prairie.

The vivacious Lucy (Lili Taylor, I Shot Andy Warhol) becomes his ticket to freedom. Both have their own reasons for driving to Casper, Wyoming: Lucy to free her imprisoned brother; George to grasp some sense of personal direction by catching up with his estranged mother.
The ride south promises more than just family reunions, as George and Lucy’s mutual curiosity blossoms into something resembling love.

The colorful cast of this unique road-movie odyssey includes Sam Shepard (Country), Valerie Perrine (The Border), Burt Young (Rocky), Bill Pullman (Lost Highway), Benjamin Bratt (Miss Congeniality), Mary Kay Place (The Big Chill), Delroy Lindo (Crooklyn), Kevin Tighe (Road House) and Sheila McCarthy (Die Hard 2).