Details

Release year: 1988

Storyline

A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.

Top credits

Directors

Pat O'Connor

Writers

William Boyd

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis — Henderson Dores
Harry Dean Stanton — Loomis Gage
Kent Broadhurst — Ben Sereno
Maury Chaykin — Freeborn Gage

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Did you know

• A rejected score was composed by Elmer Bernstein.

• "The film," according to its writer William Boyd, "looks at certain attitudes of English life, certain manners, the way we talk to each other and the way we hide our emotions."

• Producer David Puttnam first acquired the highly popular novel "Stars and Bars" (1984) written by William Boyd. When Puttnam became Chairman of Columbia Pictures, he and director Pat O'Connor immediately turned to producer Sanford Lieberson, who, after years of being a studio film executive, had re-entered the independent producer ranks with the hit film, Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987). They then asked Lieberson to take over the production of this picture as a producer.