Across the Tracks Plot Summary and Details

Plot

Rick Schroder and Brad Pitt are cast as unlikely brothers in Across the Tracks. Schroder is a drug-dealing layabout, while Pitt is a hardworking "model son" (talk about casting against type!) When Schroder begins straigtening himself out by becoming a high school track star, Pitt suffers the pangs of jealousy, retreating into alcohol. Now it is Ricky's turn to reform Brad! Filmed in 1989, Across the Tracks lay unwrapped until 1991, by which time Brad Pitt had become a first-magnitude movie star.

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Drama

Run Time:

101min.

DVD Release Date:

05/25/2004

Director(s):

Sandy Tung

Starring:

Rick Schroder , Brad Pitt , David Anthony Marshall , Carrie Snodgress

Themes:

Alcoholism,Kids in Trouble,Starting Over,Sibling Relationships

Tone:

Bittersweet,Cathartic,Confrontational,Earnest,Heartwarming

Keywords:

abuse,addiction,brother,delinquency,drugs,family,jealousy,rebel-without-a-cause,reform [improve],rescue,rival,sibling,sports,teenagers,track [track and field]