Running on Empty (1988)
September 9, 1988Release Date
Running on Empty (1988)
September 9, 1988Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
River Phoenix
Danny Pope
Christine Lahti
Annie Pope
Judd Hirsch
Arthur Pope
Jonas Abry
Harry Pope
Martha Plimpton
Lorna Phillips
Ed Crowley
Mr. Phillips
L.M. Kit Carson
Gus Winant
Steven Hill
Donald Patterson
Augusta Dabney
Abigail Patterson
Lynne Thigpen
Contact at Eldridge St.
David Margulies
Dr. Jonah Reiff
Sidney Lumet
Director
Marcia Jean Kurtz
School Clerk
Sloane Shelton
Mrs. Phillips
Naomi Foner
Writer
Justine Johnston
Librarian
Griffin Dunne
Producer
Herb Lovelle
Hospital Clerk
Amy Robinson
Producer
Bobo Lewis
Home Ec Teacher
Tony Mottola
Composer
Ronnie Gilbert
Mrs. Taylor
Gerry Fisher
Cinematographer
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
Leila Danette
Maid
Michael Boatman
Spaulding
Todd M. Thaler
CastingDirector
Philip Rosenberg
ProductionDesigner
Jenny Lumet
Music Girl
William Foeller
Man at Meeting
Carol Cavallo
Woman at Meeting
Alice Drummond
Mrs. Powell
Joey Thrower
Catcher
Donna Hanover
Reporter
Thomas Fraioli
Violinist
Burke Pearson
Julliard Man
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Julliard Woman
Angela Pietropinto
English Teacher
Daniel Dassin
Waiter
Burtt Harris
Executive Producer / First Assistant Director
Robert Guerra
Art Direction
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Production Manager / Second Assistant Director
James Sabat
Production Sound Mixer
Philip Smith
Set Decoration
Toy Van Lierop
Makeup Artist
Glen Trotiner
Additional Second Assistant Director
Lynette Bernay
Assistant Costume Designer
Mick O'Rourke
Stunt Double
Kerry Hayes
Still Photographer
Jane Raab
Production Office Coordinator
Mary Bailey
Script Supervisor
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith
Sound Editor
Robert Griffon Jr.
Property Master
Cary Fisher
Camera Operator
Frank Graziadei
Sound Recordist
William Ward
Gaffer
Bob Grimaldi
Hairstylist
Mark Rathaus
Supervising Sound Editor
James V. Gartland
Construction Grip
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator
A. Anthony Cappello
Camera Trainee
Dennis McNeill
Color Timer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 9, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Content RatingPG-13
Box Office$2,835,116
Filming LocationsNew Jersey, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Running on Empty is a 1988 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Naomi Foner and starring River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, and Martha Plimpton. It was produced by Lorimar Film Entertainment. It is the story of a counterculture couple on the run from the FBI, and how one of their sons starts to break out of this fugitive lifestyle.
Phoenix was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Danny Pope in the film; Naomi Foner was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Phoenix was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes; Lahti was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama. The film was nominated for Best Director and Best Motion Picture Drama, and it won a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. Plimpton was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture. In a backstage interview on March 21, 1989, at the 61st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon, Phoenix expressed his wishes for the film to have a sequel.The film marked the second time that Phoenix and Plimpton played romantic interests, having co-starred in the film The Mosquito Coast two years earlier.