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Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a new student in his class. His affair with Catherine and losing his teaching job forces Joseph to take a look at his previously dull life and to decide how he wants to live the rest of it.
Theatrical
Jan 26, 1996
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 14, 2005
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New Line Cinema, Fine Line Features, CineTel Films
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Cast
Full credits →D
Dennis Hopper
Joseph Svenden
A
Amy Irving
Rosealee Henson
A
Amy Locane
Catherine Wheeler
J
Julie Harris
Joseph's Mother
G
Gary Busey
Major Nathan Wheeler
H
Hal Holbrook
Doctor Evans
C
Christopher Pettiet
Robert Henson
P
Priscilla Pointer
Lily Henson
G
Gail Cronauer
Beverly
J
Joe Stevens
School Board Man
C
Connie Cooper
Charlotte
E
Eleese Lester
Marie
D
Doug Jackson
Frank
T
Todd Duffey
Young Joseph
