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American Heart (film)
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Wikipedia article
'American Heart' is a 1993 drama film directed by Martin Bell and starring Edward Furlong and Jeff Bridges. It was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in a number of categories, and won in the Best Male Lead category.
Premise
Downbeat, sensitive and poignant drama of lost souls trying to find each other and themselves. 'American Heart' tells the story of a recently released convict Jack (Jeff Bridges) who looks up with his 14-year-old son Nick (Edward Furlong) in Seattle. As far as Jack's concerned its just a visit, but with his mother now dead, Nick is in desperate need for a father and insists on joining him on Seattle's skid row. But theirs is an unsettled relationship, fuelled by emotional demons that eventually push both towards life in the streets despite their intensions to go straight.Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper; Entertainment Guide section; 15/06/1995; Page 11
Production and inspiration
'American Heart' was filmed in Seattle from August 1991 to October 1991. Elements of the screenplay for 'American Heart' were based on material originally covered in the documentary film 'Streetwise', such as the relationship between Dewayne and his father from 'Streetwise'.
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