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.
Release: 1992
Rating: 7.777
Genre: Drama
Duration: 156 min
Country: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, City Light Films
Al Pacino
as Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Chris O'Donnell
as Charlie Simms
James Rebhorn
as Mr. Trask
Gabrielle Anwar
as Donna
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as George Willis, Jr.
Richard Venture
as W.R. Slade