American Heart
85
An ex-con trying to go straight in Seattle is tracked down by the estranged teenage son he abandoned, and the two attempt to build a life together from nothing.
Why watch: Bell went from the documentary Streetwise to this fiction feature. Bridges won the Spirit Award.
Cast
Jeff Bridges as Jack
Edward Furlong as Nick
Lucinda Jenney as Charlotte
Don Harvey as Rainey
Tracey Kapisky as Molly
Margaret Welsh as Freddie
John Boylan as Janitor
Jayne Entwistle as Monique
Richard Joffray as Taxi Dispatcher
Melvyn Hayward as Normandy
Shareen Mitchell as Diane
Wren Walker
Crew
Martin Bell — Director
Peter Silverman — Novel
Rosilyn Heller — Producer
Jeff Bridges — Producer
Mary Ellen Mark — Producer
James Bagdonas — Producer
Neil Koenigsberg — Co-Producer
James Bagdonas — Director of Photography
Nancy Baker — Editor
Joel Schiller — Production Design
James Newton Howard — Original Music Composer
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