CHATTAHOOCHEE

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• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper and Oscar winner Frances McDormand star in this passionately acted and frighteningly real 'triumph-over-adversity story' (Screen International) made all the more compelling...because it's true.; ; Oldman is Emmet Foley, a decorated Korean War hero unable to adjust to civilian life. Loading his pistol, Foley takes aim at his Florida hometown, hoping to be killed by police so his wife can collect the insurance. But his actions instead land him in a mental hospital, where he encounters a horrifying scene of abuse, filth and neglect. With the help of a fellow inmate (Hopper), Foley begins a campaign to correct the hospital's vile practices. But can he overcome his reputation as a madman and become a hero once again?
• Cast: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand, Pamela Reed, Ned Beatty, M. Emmet Walsh, William De Acutis, Lee Wilkof, Matt Craven, Gary Howard Klar, Timothy Scott, Richard Portnow, William Newman, Whitey Hughes, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Yvonne Denise Mason, Ralph Pace, Wesley Mann, Tim Monich, Laurens Moore, Mary Moore, Peggy Beasley, F. Drucilla Brookshire, Dorothy L. Grissom Hardin, David Fitzsimmons, Gary Bullock, David Dwyer, Robert Gravel, Marc Clement, John Brasington, Jim E. Quick, C.K. Bibby, Bob Hannah, George Nannarello, Ed Grady, Kevin Barber, James 'Fred' Culclasure, Shane Bailey, Kevin Campbell, E. Pat Hall, Jerry Campbell, Roger Jackson, Suzi Bass, Jill Rankin, F. Douglas McDaniel, Chris Robertson, Bill Collins, Bud Davis, Michael Easler, Randy Randolph, Kathryn Cobb, Jim Gloster, Charles Lawlor, Traber Burns, Kristi Frankenheimer, Perry Simpson, Joe Loy, Wallace Merck, Don Wayne Bass, Mykel Mariette, Raul Apartella, B.J. Koonce, James Devin, Mick Jackson, James Hicks
• Director: Mick Jackson
• Runtime: 1:38
• Company: MGM Home Entertainment, Hemdale Film Corporation
• Media Format: Movie