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Digging to China

"Two innocent outcasts. One incredible friendship."

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PG 1998 · 1h 38m
Drama
Starring Evan Rachel Wood · Kevin Bacon · Mary Stuart Masterson
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Precocious young Harriet and her older sister Gwen live at their mother's motel in small-town New Hampshire. Harriet dreams of a life beyond her inattentive family and the stultifying town. A mentally disabled man named Ricky comes to stay at the motel, and Harriet finds him kinder and more interesting than anyone she has ever met. After tragedy strikes, Harriet and Ricky cling to each other ever more tightly.

Theatrical
Sep 11, 1998
Box Office
$34K
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 16, 1999
Director
Timothy Hutton
Writer
Karen Janszen
Producers
Cathy Goodman, J. Todd Harris, Steve Ecclesine
Music
Cynthia Millar
Studio
Ministry of Film, The, Digging to China LLC, Davis Entertainment Classics, Moonstone Entertainment, Mosquito Productions
Keywords
mentally disabled motel barn waterfall sister friendship mentally ill
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Cast

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Evan Rachel Wood
Harriet Frankovitz
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
Ricky Schroth
M
Mary Stuart Masterson
Gwen Frankovitz
M
Marian Seldes
Leah Schroth
C
Cathy Moriarty
Mrs. Frankovitz
B
Bing Putney
Eric
J
Joanne Pankow
Nurse
J
J.C. Quinn
Minister

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