Square Dance
Square Dance (television broadcast title: Home Is Where the Heart Is) is a 1987 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Daniel Petrie from a screenplay by Alan Hines, based on his novel of the same name. The film stars Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, and Rob Lowe, and was released on February 20, 1987, by Island Pictures. It earned Lowe his only Golden Globe Award nomination for a film role.
Plot
Gemma Dillard is a 13-year-old country girl who lives with her Grandpa Dillard on a farm in the Texas Panhandle. Gemma is visited by her mother, who lives in Fort Worth, with an offer to come stay with her in the city. Her mother (who had Gemma when she was still only a teenager) is now married with a job as a hair stylist and can provide for her.
More details
author | Alan Hines |
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director | Daniel Petrie |
editor | Bruce Green |
genre | drama |
keywords | big city city life country girl culture shock fort worth hair stylist intellectual disability married texas panhandle |
musicBy | Bruce Broughton |
producer | Daniel Petrie |
productionCompany | Island Pictures NBC Productions |
publisher | Island Pictures |
theme | teen drama |