At Close Range (1986) on Netflix
Brad Whitewood Jr. is out of work in rural Pennsylvania. He seeks out his estranged father, Brad Whitewood Sr., who runs a gang of thieves in a nearby town.
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Plot summary
In rural Pennsylvania, Brad Whitewood Jr. has no job and lives with his mother Julie, his brother Tommy, his grandmother and his mother's boyfriend Ernie. His father, Brad Whitewood Sr., runs a gang of thieves in a nearby town. A man comes asking for his mother and leaves three hundred dollars on the kitchen table. His mother pockets the money but will not see the visitor, and his grandmother warns him against his father. After a fight with Ernie, Brad Jr. calls his father.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about At Close Range (1986)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Composer Patrick Leonard wrote an instrumental theme for Paramount's Fire with Fire and wanted Madonna to sing it, but Paramount turned him down. Madonna, then married to Sean Penn, decided the theme suited At Close Range instead, wrote the lyrics and gave a demo cassette to director James Foley.
- The film is based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston Sr., whose crimes occurred during the 1960s and 1970s.
