Promised Land (AKA Young Hearts)
- Original title
- Promised Landaka
- AKA
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- Young Hearts
- Year
- 1987
- Running time
- 110 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Kiefer Sutherland
- Meg Ryan
- Jason Gedrick
- Tracy Pollan
- Deborah Richter
- Googy Gress
- Oscar Rowland
- Sandra Seacat
- Jay Underwood
- Herta Ware
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- This gritty drama follows two high school acquaintances, Hancock, a basketball star, and Danny, a geek turned drifter, after they graduate. The first film commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival, it portrays the other half of the American dream, as Hancock and his cheerleader girlfriend Mary wander to a middle-class mediocrity out itself out of reach for Danny and his psychotic wife Bev.
- Awards
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1988: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Female Lead (Meg Ryan)1988: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic
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