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White men are bad news???
The movie was a sweet story about adorable young white boy growing up in rural NV in 1960. In this story his doctor dad is good for nothing, selfish liar. There is a nasty good for nothing, lowlife, drunken bar regular (who incidently is a white guy). The only other white guys I recall having more than one sentence in the movie (and it may have been collectively) were the film makers who (of course) looked and sounded in general to be a disagreeable lot.
The boy spends his summer in a saloon with two male role models from which he gains wisdom and maturity. One a likeable, not overly intellegent Native American with a big heart. The other, the star of the show, portrayed as a very wise, sensitive and caring African-American man who helps the boy through the rough patches.
What was the message this movie is really trying to convey?
It seemed pretty thinly vailed to me.

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Small town dreams
An excellent small film with a very strong performance by Carl
Lumbly and extended cameos by Amy Madigan and in a negative role as the philandering Father/Doctor, a too long missing from feature films, Robby Benson.

Another in a long line of "summer coming of age films," showcasing a small town (Nevada) twelve year old who gets a part time job in a local saloon. Befriended by a wise mechanic (African American wonderfully portrayed by Lumbly), and a wise cracking bartender ( a Native American); the film centers on the boy who (entering the seventh grade) is forced to grow up admidst parents who are unable to communicate and surrogate adults who are wise, tolerant, and nuturing.

Learning to drive and realize dreams is a wonderful sub plot.

Well crafted and highly recommended. A Showtime film for television.

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great movie
just a deam is a really great movie. It about a film clew that go to a town to film a movie plus it changes the life of a boy and he makes lots of friends along the way