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Born Into Exile

  • TV Movie
  • 1997
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
223
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Talia Shire, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and Gina Philips in Born Into Exile (1997)
Drama

This is the tale of two young lovers who flee from the miseries of their homelife to make it on there own. Nineteen year old Chris, rejected by his family, hopes to go to college and into fo... Read allThis is the tale of two young lovers who flee from the miseries of their homelife to make it on there own. Nineteen year old Chris, rejected by his family, hopes to go to college and into forestry once he's out of the Army Reserves. Holly, who is fourteen, lives with her divorced... Read allThis is the tale of two young lovers who flee from the miseries of their homelife to make it on there own. Nineteen year old Chris, rejected by his family, hopes to go to college and into forestry once he's out of the Army Reserves. Holly, who is fourteen, lives with her divorced, overprotective mother and her brother. She runs with an older crowd and soon attaches he... Read all

  • Director
    • Eric Laneuville
  • Writers
    • Kathleen Rowell
    • Danielle Hill
  • Stars
    • Mark-Paul Gosselaar
    • Gina Philips
    • Talia Shire
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    223
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Eric Laneuville
    • Writers
      • Kathleen Rowell
      • Danielle Hill
    • Stars
      • Mark-Paul Gosselaar
      • Gina Philips
      • Talia Shire
    • 14User reviews
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    Mark-Paul Gosselaar
    Mark-Paul Gosselaar
    • Chris
    Gina Philips
    Gina Philips
    • Holly Nolan
    Talia Shire
    Talia Shire
    • Donna Nolan
    Eddie Mills
    Eddie Mills
    • Ted Nolan
    Sarah Aldrich
    Sarah Aldrich
    • Jolene
    Seann William Scott
    Seann William Scott
    • Derek
    Murphy Cross
    Murphy Cross
    • Female Coach
    Todd Everett
    • Deputy
    Charles Hoyes
    Charles Hoyes
    • State Trooper
    Winston J. Rocha
    • Mexican Farm Worker
    • (as Winston Rochas)
    Bryan Traylor
    • Wiley
    Heather Gottlieb
    • Rosie
    Mark Pellegrino
    Mark Pellegrino
    • Walter, Owner of Eatery
    Ever Carradine
    Ever Carradine
    • Hooker
    Michael Wyle
    • Tuna
    Michael Dempsey
    Michael Dempsey
    • Trucker
    Pato Hoffmann
    Pato Hoffmann
    • Detective Sanyo
    Marcus Aurelius
    • Doug
    • Director
      • Eric Laneuville
    • Writers
      • Kathleen Rowell
      • Danielle Hill
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    User reviews14

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    9Kiri

    A REAL love story

    This movie showed all aspects of a young couple, Holly and Chris, forced to run away together to LA, and live on the streets where they encounter prostitution, drugs and the hard side of life. Meanwhile Holly's mother is trying to find them and come to terms with how she will handle the situation without losing her daughter. A great movie that doesn't cut the unpleasantries of living on the streets and the importance of having someone to love.
    10joeykat78

    WHAT A GREAT MOVIE!!!

    I just fell in love with this movie!! It is one of the greatest made for Tv movies that i have ever seen. I recently got to see it on Lifetime, unfortunetly i did not catch the beginning. I have been waiting hopelessly to catch it on Tv again so i can tape it. I have searched the internet high and low to find it available on vhs, but have had no luck. This is just a great movie..I laughed,I cried, i just really enjoyed this film..eveyone should see it, they will fall in love with it as much as i did.
    8oliverpenn

    High School Teens Should See This

    Another movie about kids that run away from home! They seem to be all alike. These films should be shown in high school to kids, who might be thinking of "getting out" from under their parents' rule.

    As someone else said, "it's a hard world out there." Kids arrive in New York, Los Angeles and every other big city, thinking that they can "make it." When the money runs out, prostitution seems to be the only solution to get money. There's always horny men out there with dirty minds (and money) willing to corrupt the helpless young.

    With the way that "Chris" broke down about his hustling experience, he must have done something heavier than engaging in oral sex. Sounds like some dude "turned him out." You don't have much choice when you have NO MONEY and a guy orders you to, "turn over." The movie was as good as most of these are. Usually, it's about a girl who gets involved with an older man who seizes the opportunity to make money by turning her into a prostitute. The male version of this is rarely told. John Rechy's book, CITY OF NIGHT, did a fine job of educating young, hopeful guys who hit New York with $75 in their jeans. All I can say is "thank God I read his book before I came to the Big Apple." I saved for three years before I stepped on the train and traveled East to live in Gotham. The hardcore pimps saw this angel and pounced, but it didn't work with me. I had OTHER plans.

    I hope that schools will play this film, "Born Into Exhile" and others like "Off The Minnesota Strip" for teenagers. It might help to keep them at home and off the streets.
    10yucasta

    amazing

    well, i saw it like yesturday night, and i know its an old movie, but i just loved it so much, i cried, smiled, and just fell totaly inlove with Cris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), anyway, you gotta see it, but alone, so you can cry and get in it, as much as you want!!! i donno if its just me and how movies just effect me, but i love those kinds of movies, defently worth seeing!!!!!!!!!
    blue_skye01

    A film that I can't stop thinking about... even many years later!

    This was one of the most memorable films I've ever seen. It was such a dramatic, real-life story told about two lost youths. They were trying to find their place in life, but ran into difficulties along the way that made them the best of friends. I saw this film years ago and I still can't get it out of my head, and neither would you!

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      Gina Phillips, the actress who plays fourteen year old Holly Nolan was born on May 10, 1970. She was twenty-six or twenty-seven at the time of filming, about thirteen years older than her character. Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who plays nineteen year old Chris, was born March 1, 1974. He was twenty-two or twenty-three at the time of filming. In real life, the actor who played nineteen year old Chris is almost four years younger than the actress who played fourteen year old Holly.
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    • Release date
      • March 17, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jugando a vivir
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles County, California, USA(Location)
    • Production companies
      • Brian Pike Productions
      • Helio Productions
      • NBC Studios
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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