5.9
“Jimmy Wing knew a lot about the people in his town. He kept it to himself until...”
A Flash of Green (1984)
October 5, 19842h 1mEN
5.1
14 votes
Overview
A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the developer's latest project.
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Victor NuñezWriters
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English
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American Playhouse
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Wuchak
6.0**_Local politics & drama in a rural Florida town on the southwest coast, 1961_** Ed Harris stars as a brooding reporter who is compromised by a seemingly necessary deal made with an ambitious county commissioner (Richard Jordan); meanwhile he longs for a widowed friend (Blair Brown). On the surface, the story’s about saving an unspoiled bay from an arrogant developer, but it’s really about the protagonist’s day-to-day struggles with his ailing wife, his conscience and, in general, the negatives of living in a ‘fallen’ world. The idea is that a person can be complicated enough to hold tw…
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