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Where the Heart Is (1990 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Where the Heart Is' is a 1990 American romantic comedy film co-written and directed by John Boorman and starring Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis, and Christopher Plummer.
Plot
Stewart McBain is a successful self-made demolitions expert who blows up buildings for a living. In the midst of one such project, a group of protesters stops the last building on a lot, the Dutch House, from being demolished. When McBain appears on TV to dismiss the protests, he is made to look foolish. Returning home, his three college-aged childrenDaphne, Chloe, and Jimmyridicule him for his television appearance.
Feeling his children are spoiled, McBain kicks them out of the house. Giving them each $750, he drops them off at the Dutch House, which is dilapidated and on the verge of collapse. In order to finance their new lives, the children take on housemates. These include a fashion designer named Lionel; a homeless magician, Shitty; a stockbroker, Tom; and Sheryl, an amateur occultist. Chloe is commissioned to finish a calendar for an insurance company. Lionel has to complete his designs for a fashion show. Chloe uses her roommates in the calendar and Lionel ends up using some of them to model for his show.
A stockmarket crash brings McBain to ruin. He desperately attempts to stave off a hostile takeover of his demolition company and fails. He loses his home and becomes destitute. Ultimately, his children take him in and he starts to see the world in a new light.
Cast
* Dabney Coleman as Stewart McBain
* Joanna Cassidy as Jean McBain
* Suzy Amis as Chloe McBain
* Uma Thurman as Daphne McBain
* David Hewlett as Jimmy McBain
* Crispin Glover as Lionel
* Christopher Plummer as "Shitty"
* Maury Chaykin as Harry
* Dylan Walsh as Tom
* Sheila Kelley as Sheryl
* Ken Pogue as Hamilton
References
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