Movie
Digging to China
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-07-07
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ministry of Film, The, Digging to China LLC, Davis Entertainment Classics, Moonstone Entertainment, Mosquito Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Evan Rachel Wood as Harriet Frankovitz
- Kevin Bacon as Ricky Schroth
- Mary Stuart Masterson as Gwen Frankovitz
- Marian Seldes as Leah Schroth
- Cathy Moriarty as Mrs. Frankovitz
- Bing Putney as Eric
- Joanne Pankow as Nurse
- J.C. Quinn as Minister
Crew
- Timothy Hutton - Director
- Karen Janszen - Screenplay
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