Product DescriptionA teenage farm boy looking for excitement finds himself on a collision course with his smooth-talking gang leader father in this "powerfully disturbing (Newsweek) tale based on the story of real-life killer Bruce Johnston. OscarÂ(r) winner* Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking) and OscarÂ(r) winner** Christopher Walken (Pulp Fiction) star in this "hot, horrifying saga of an American criminal family" (Los Angeles Times)! Juvenile delinquent Brad Whitewood, Jr. (Penn) knows about petty theft, but he wants big moneyenough to blow the lid off his boring life, enough to get out of town and to find his ol' man (Walken). He wants to be like his dad, a big-time thief, who knows "the business." Seductive and sinister, Brad's father is full of toxic wisdom that makes his illicit life appear eerily sexy. But when Brad witnesses his father deliberately killing someone, he realizes he may not only be in over his head he may also lose it for good. *2003: Actor, Mystic River **1978: Supporting Actor, The Deer Hunter - Actors: Alan Autry, R.D. Call, Candy Clark, Jake Dengel, Stephen Geoffreys
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- ISBN: 0792847881
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Original Language): French
- Language (Subtitled): French
- Language (Subtitled): Spanish
- Language (Dubbed): Spanish
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2000-12-19
- Running Time: 115 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 1986-04-18
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