An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.
- Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell
- (as Sinead Cusack)
- Kane Rockwell
- (as Dan Corkill)
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- TriviaDebut theatrical feature film of actor Macaulay Culkin.
- GoofsAs the camera pans from the boat model on the window sill to Burt Lancaster lying in bed while Billie Holiday's "You Better Go Now" plays, we see that the record player is turning counter-clockwise - indicating that she scene is played in reverse.
- Quotes
Levi Rockwell: Their whole life was the sea, the sea and their boats. So in celebrating their deaths- yes, you can say celebrating - they used both. The families of the great Viking would put the body of their loved one on a ship, cover it with straw, and then, as the sun was setting, cast it away into the water. They would light huge bonfires on the beach, and then the Vikings would light the tips of their arrows in the bonfire and shoot them at the ship. Ah, it must have been so beautiful, fire on the water. Legend has it that if the color of the setting sun and the color of the burning ship were the same then that Viking had lead a good life, and in the afterlife he would go to Viking heaven. All night long the Viking men, women, and children watched the ship with the body as it burned in the water. By dawn all that was left were ashes, complete obliteration, carried by the currents to the four corners of the earth, fresh and beautiful, and vanished completely, like a dream.
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Written and Performed by Al Green
This movie put me on to Billie Holiday. The old man lies on his bed, listening to a voice that had me enraptured. I almost wished the movie would end so that i could find out who the singer was.
Since then, Billie has been on the top of my list of female vocalists...perhaps her contribution to the movie alone should score it a few points?
That aside though, the movie is worth watching. Sometimes it takes the "innocence" or rather the openness of children to show us what is important in life
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- Oct 12, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $187,349
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,523
- Sep 4, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $187,349