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Running on Empty

1988

Directed by Sidney Lumet

They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his.

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

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Christine Lahti River Phoenix Judd Hirsch Jonas Abry Martha Plimpton Ed Crowley L.M. Kit Carson Steven Hill Augusta Dabney David Margulies Lynne Thigpen Marcia Jean Kurtz Sloane Shelton Justine Johnston Herb Lovelle Bobo Lewis Ronnie Gilbert Leila Danette Michael Boatman Jenny Lumet William Foeller Carol Cavallo Alice Drummond Joey Thrower Donna Hanover Thomas Fraioli Burke Pearson Elżbieta Czyżewska Angela Pietropinto Show All… Daniel Dassin

Alternative Titles

Flykt utan mål, Al filo del vacío, Vivere in fuga, À bout de course, Die Flucht ins Ungewisse, Un lugar en ninguna parte, Stracone lata, אהבה במילכוד, 허공에의 질주, Bitmeyen Kaçış, На холостом ходу, 不设限通缉, Üresjárat, Бягство към живота, O Peso de um Passado, 旅立ちの時, ფუჭი სვლით, Elämänä pakotie

Genres

Drama Romance Crime

Themes

Moving relationship stories Underdogs and coming of age Emotional and touching family dramas Touching and sentimental family stories Heartbreaking and moving family drama Enduring stories of family and marital drama Powerful stories of heartbreak and suffering Show All…

Premiere

07 Sep 1988

USAPG-13 Beekman Theatre

01 Sep 1989

Italy Sorrento Film Festival

Theatrical

09 Sep 1988

USAPG-13

01 Oct 1988

Japan

26 Oct 1988

FranceU

27 Oct 1988

Argentina

01 Nov 1988

Austria

10 Nov 1988

Germany12

08 Dec 1988

Australia

03 Feb 1989

30 Jun 1989

Portugal

14 Jul 1989

Finland

24 Aug 1989

NetherlandsAL

24 Feb 1990

Italy

Digital

12 Aug 1993

Hungary

Physical

30 Mar 1999

Canada

TV

13 Feb 1998

Sweden15

Argentina

27 Oct 1988

Theatrical

Australia

08 Dec 1988

Theatrical

Austria

01 Nov 1988

Theatrical

Canada

30 Mar 1999

Physical DVD

Finland

14 Jul 1989

Theatrical

France

26 Oct 1988

TheatricalU

Germany

10 Nov 1988

Theatrical12 West Germany

Hungary

12 Aug 1993

Digital

Italy

01 Sep 1989

Premiere Sorrento Film Festival

24 Feb 1990

Theatrical

Japan

01 Oct 1988

Theatrical

Netherlands

24 Aug 1989

TheatricalAL

Portugal

30 Jun 1989

Theatrical

Sweden

13 Feb 1998

TV15

UK

03 Feb 1989

Theatrical

USA

07 Sep 1988

PremierePG-13 Beekman Theatre

09 Sep 1988

TheatricalPG-13

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I haven't seen this since it was screened for my AP History class in 1999 by a particularly progressive public school teacher who related to the allegorical plight of the Pope family. When the world was falling apart, dramatic action seemed not only credible but necessary, sure. And after the war and the '70s, suddenly you had a family and a mediocre career and a soft belly and ...your ideals? I find Boomer sentimentality galling, but Boomer self-awareness riveting and this film floats in that liminal space between the two. A swaying dance party to James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" breaks out in the middle of this movie and it really is 50% painfully discomfiting and 50% righteously beautiful. In…

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They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his.

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Alternative Titles

Genres

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Premiere

07 Sep 1988

01 Sep 1989

Theatrical

09 Sep 1988

01 Oct 1988

26 Oct 1988

27 Oct 1988

01 Nov 1988

10 Nov 1988

08 Dec 1988

03 Feb 1989

30 Jun 1989

14 Jul 1989

24 Aug 1989

24 Feb 1990

Digital

12 Aug 1993

Physical

30 Mar 1999

TV

13 Feb 1998

Argentina

27 Oct 1988

Australia

08 Dec 1988

Austria

01 Nov 1988

Canada

30 Mar 1999

Finland

14 Jul 1989

France

26 Oct 1988

Germany

10 Nov 1988

Hungary

12 Aug 1993

Italy

01 Sep 1989

24 Feb 1990

Japan

01 Oct 1988

Netherlands

24 Aug 1989

Portugal

30 Jun 1989

Sweden

13 Feb 1998

UK

Director

Producers

Writer

Casting

Editor

Cinematography

Assistant Directors

Executive Producers

Lighting

Camera Operator

Production Design

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Stunts

Composer

Sound

Costume Design

Makeup

Hairstyling