Far from Home Page #4

Synopsis: Charlie Cox is a divorced writer who lives in Los Angeles. Charlie and his daughter Joleen are on their way home from a cross country vacation when they run out of gas in Banco, Nevada; a small town located in a remote part of the desert. It's one day before Jolene's 14th birthday. Charlie and Joleen check a nearby gas station owned by a Vietnam war veteran named Duckett, but Duckett doesn't have any gas, so they head to the local supermarket to find a phone. Sheriff Bill Childers is in the store and he advises them to go to the trailer park to ask for gas. Joleen spots the body of the store's owner, Ferrell Hogus, in a pool of blood. The Sheriff states that the murderer is most likely a drifter. The man and daughter check into the nearby Palomino Guest Ranch and Trailer Park, which is owned by a hostile woman named Agnes Reed. Whilst her father uses the phone, Joleen speaks to Agnes's rebellious teenage son, Jimmy Reed, who she briefly came into contact with earlier at the gas station
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Meiert Avis
Production: Vestron Video
 
IMDB:
5.7
R
Year:
1989
86 min
329 Views


Really... that's

fine with me,

I'm gonna write

the piece anyway.

All right, Cox, let's go.

When I get back,

we're outta here.

Jo, do me a favor and stay

up here with Louise.

Okay, daddy.

All right, girl,

let's go inside.

How can you hate your

mother so much?

You hear me?

It was easy.

She was an a**hole, like you.

What about Amy?

What about Farrell hovis,

were they a**holes, too?

I didn't kill nobody, okay?

Oh, yeah.

God, she must be

baking in there.

Mrs. sears?

Mrs. sears?

It's me, duckett.

Thanks.

Sure.

Mrs. sears?

Man, it smells rank in here.

Um, I'm gonna go for a swim.

Okay?

Louise?

Ma'am?

Mrs. sears?

Ma'am, are you okay?

You got a fever

or something, ma'am?

Holy sh*t!

Aah!

I'm really sorry,

Mr. duckett,

but you absolutely should

not have come in here.

Pinky?

Pinky?

Pinky?

Pinky?

Shhh!

You'll wake up mom.

Did I scare you?

No.

If you ever do that again,

I will kill you.

Do you want to

go up to the hill?

I shouldn't.

Come on!

The adventure continues.

Joleen!

He really hurt you.

So what do you want to do?

I don't know.

Let's just talk.

You can kiss me back

if you want.

Haven't you ever

kissed anyone before?

Of course.

Have you ever... done it?

Done what?

You know...

oh... that?

I seen it in the trailer park.

Yeah, me too.

First they kiss a lot.

French kiss.

And then they...

girl...

joleen!

Joleen!

Ah!

Please...

The truck...

I'm just gmng you a chance to

tell your side of the story.

I'm just trying to

understand you, Jimmy.

There is one thing.

Come here.

Come here.

Watch it!

Hello, can anybody hear me?

Sheriff, pinky's got joleen!

Turn this car around,

come on! Come on!

He's at that condo

under construction

on Morgan path road.

I've gotta go.

No!

Ow!

That hurts!

I'm sorry.

You're really mean sometimes.

I won't be anymore.

I've just had a lot

on my mind lately.

I've got a super surprise

for you, joleen.

Isn't this cool?

Where did you get that?

It was my dad's.

You know what I'm talking about.

Let's play keep-away.

Give it back to me!

Keep away from joleen...

give it back to me!

"Madeline's always telling me

that I should just go for it.

"easy for her to say... i always

end up feeling like a geek.

You are so f***ed!

I know you didn't mean that.

I trusted you!

Look, pinky...

I think you're in

a lot of trouble,

and they know how to

handle boys like you.

We can just go to your mom...

my mom!

My mom will always

be there for me.

Oh, pinky.

Jo!

Where are you going?

We were playing keep-away!

Okay...

hide 'n seek is fun, too.

One, one thousand,

two, one thousand,

three, one thousand,

four, one thousand,

five, one thousand,

six, one thousand,

seven, one thousand,

eight, one thousand,

nine, one thousand,

ten, one thousand.

Ready or not, here I come!

"I want something

really special for my birthday.

"I want Jimmy."

argh!

I hate that part!

Olly-olly-oxen-free!

Where are you?

Come out, come out,

wherever you are!

Jo!

Jo, where are you?

Jo!

Jo! Jo!

Jo!

Daddy!

Jo, where are you!

Daddy!

Gotcha!

That hurt, joleen.

Take that.

Ungh!

I'm goin' up here!

Jo! Jo!

Jo! Jo! Jo!

Joleen! Joleen!

Jo! Where are you!

Jo!

Joleen!

Aah!

Jo! Joleen!

What do you want from me?

Drop the knife, pinky!

Pinky, stop!

Daddy!

I- I'm sorry,

this just isn't working out.

I thought you loved me!

Aah!

Pinky!

Take my hand!

Goodbye.

Daddy!

Long before he ever met joleen

pinky started

slipping over the edge.

I think when his mom died

he just couldn't

believe she was gone,

so he just iced her down

and kept that old TV goin'

and did what he had to do.

He had to eat, so when he

went to the mini-mart

and Farrell tried to

stop him, he popped him,

and then Agnes came in

and wanted the rent...

it's just a shame.

A shame.

She'll be okay.

Thanks, man.

How much do you

want for the gas?

You're starting

to piss me off again.

Hey.

Stay out of trouble.

You too.

All summer long

I thought my dad was such a

geek and so full of sh*t,

which he was at times,

if you want to get technical.

But other times,

it's weird how right he was.

How is it that someone can be

so right and still be so wrong?

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Tommy Lee Wallace

Thomas "Tommy" Lee Wallace (born October 8, 1949) is an American film producer, director, editor, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror genre, directing films such as Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Fright Night Part 2 and the 1990 mini-series adaption It. He is a long-time friend and collaborator of director John Carpenter, receiving his first credit as art director on Carpenter's directorial debut Dark Star. Along with Charles Bornstein, he edited both the original Halloween and The Fog. more…

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