Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Genre: Drama Actors: Al Pacino, Alyson Feldman, Anh Duong, Baxter Harris, Bradley Whitford, Carlo Giuliano, Chris O'Donnell, Dan Gifford, David Lansbury, Divina Cook, Eric Reid Schroeder, Erika Feldman, Frances Conroy, Francie Swift, Gabrielle Anwar, Gene Canfield, George Grafas, J.T. Cromwell, Jack Mulcahy, James Rebhorn, Joseph Palmas, Julian Stein, June Squibb, Leonard Gaines, Lucy Smith, Luke L. Hansen, Mansoor Najee-Ullah, Margaret Eginton, Matt Smith, Max Stein, Michael Santoro, Michael Simon, Mike Lisenco, Nicholas Sadler, Paul Stocker, Paul Zimmerman, Peter Carew, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Venture, Rochelle Oliver, Ron Eldard, Russell Gibson, Sally Murphy, Stephen L'Heureux, Todd Louiso, Tom Riis Farrell, William Beckwith Directors: Martin Brest Production: City Light Films, Universal Pictures