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Distant Thunder (1988)
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
“A hero of war. A casualty of peace, With only one hope for survival...his son.”
Drama · 1h 54m
A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet tries to contact his son, he realizes that he has caused more damage than he had imagined.
Cast
Ralph Macchio
John Lithgow
Kerrie Keane
Reb Brown
Janet Margolin
Tom Bower
Jamey Sheridan
Denis Arndt
Michael Currie
Robyn Stevan
Denalda Williams
Crew
- Director
- Rick Rosenthal
- Writer
- Robert Stitzel
- Director of Photography
- Ralf D. Bode
- Original Music Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Editor
- Dennis Virkler
- Producer
- Robert Schaffel
Details
- Release date
- 1988-11-11
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Box office
- $156,188