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Running on Empty

1988 116 min Drama, Romance, Crime

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

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  • 1988 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (Danny Pope) River Phoenix
  • 1988 WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Naomi Foner

earnings $2,835,116

director Sidney Lumet

writer Naomi Foner

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