CURE

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• Release Year: 1995
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: One summer, two boys went in search of a dream and found the friendship of a lifetime. Joseph Mazzello (The River Wild; The Lost World: Jurassic Park) and Brad Renfro (Ghost World, Apt Pupil) star in this heartwarming adventure story filled with laughter, compassion and the enduring power of hope.; ; New to a quaint, riverside community, eleven-year-old Dexter (Mazzello) and his single mom are quickly shunned when it s learned the boy has AIDS. Next door lives Erik (Renfro), a lonely latch-key bully who surprisingly initiates a friendship. But trouble soon finds the twosome after they read a tabloid that suggests a New Orleans doctor has a cure. Determined to find him, the boys build a raft and set sail down the mighty Mississippi, Tom Sawyer style, in a magical, often hilarious journey that gives Dexter a chance to experience life as it should be lived and will change both boys lives forever.; ; Directed by Peter Horton (TV s Once and Again, MDs ), The Cure is a brilliantly captivating story for the whole family which KNBC-TV hails as a testament to friendship, loyalty and love.
• Cast: Brad Renfro, Aeryk Egan, Delphine French, Mona Powell, Andrew Broder, Jeremy Howard, Joseph Mazzello, Annabella Sciorra, Diana Scarwid, Rosemary Corman, T. Mychael Rmabo, David Alan Smith, Delia Jurek, Fran Korba, John Carroll Lynch, John Beasley, Raymond Nelson, Scott Stockton, Dale Handevidt, Nicky Katt, Craig Gierl, Renée Humphrey, Laurie A. Sinclair, Stephen D'Ambrose, Shirley Venard, Mary McCusker, Bruce Davison, Peter Moore, Rodney W. England, Bill Schoppert, Samantha Lemole, Peter Horton
• Director: Peter Horton
• Runtime: 1:39
• Company: Universal Studios
• Media Format: Movie