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Director Andrei Konchalovsky comes a cropper with this mawkish road movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi. Goldberg plays Edwina, an escaped mental patient with a brain tumor and only a month to live. Belushi is Homer, a retarded man abandoned by his parents when he was a child after a smack with a baseball bat rendered him an idiot. The two team-up when Homer takes off to Oregon to visit his parents and catch up on old times. Edwina agrees to drive him there to recover the $87 that Homer has stolen from her. As they drive down the American roadways, they bond, and Edwina is granted the shining love of Homer as she lapses into a coma. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

  • Release date:December 25, 1989

Cast

James Belushi
as Homer Lanza
Whoopi Goldberg
as Edwina "Eddie" Cervi
Karen Black
as Belle
John Waters
as Robber
Beah Richards
as Linda Cervi
Robert Glaudini
as Robber #2
James Thiel
as Twin #1
Andy Jarrell
Anne Ramsey
as Edna
Wayne Grace
as Preacher
Annie O'Donnell
as Wife at Pizza Joint
Mickey Jones
as Man at Pizza Joint
Angelyne
as Blonde
Ed de Fusco
as Bobby French
Michelle Milantoni
as Fat Woman in Pizza Joint
Jack Goode, Jr.
as Tawdry Man
Angelo Bertolini
as Mr. Lanza
Sebastian Massa
as Bartender
Barbara Pilavin Gelber
as Mrs. Lanza
Jan Bina
as Wife at Fruit Stand
Lee Dupree
Fritz Feld
as Mortician
Tony Epper
as Gas Station Attendant
Nancy Parsons
as Maid
Nick LaTour
as Bar Customer
Tad Horino
as Mickey
Jim Mapp
as Harmonica Player
Harry Caesar
as Street Person
Smitty Smith
as Man Shoveling Snow
Katherine Barrese
as Waitress
Don Hanmer
as Cashier #2
Logan Ramsey
Vincent Schiavelli
as Priest
Marjorie Bransfeld
as Betsy
Jimmie F. Skaggs
as Jesus #1
Ernestine McClendon
as Esther
Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.
as Man in Bar with Gun
Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Cashier
Tracey Walter
as Tommy Dearly
Pat Ast
as Maggie Sinclair
Boris Aplon
as Driver in Fancy Car
Jesse J. Donnelly
as Jesse

Crew

Andrei Konchalovsky
Director
James Cady
Producer
Moritz Borman
Producer
Patrick Cirillo
Screenwriter
Lajos Koltai
Cinematographer
David Chackler
Musical Direction/Supervision
Eduard Artemyev
Composer (Music Score)
Michel Levesque
Production Designer
Katherine Dover
Costume Designer
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