Shimmer
Spacy Callahan (Markus Klemp) has two problems. In the first place, he's a young teen, which is difficult enough. In the second place, he has been placed "for his own good" in an Iowa juvenile facility which has more than a passing resemblance to a military prison. If a boy breaks one of the innumerable rules of the place, they get placed in a situation where the will probably be sexually molested by their jailer Mr. Kibby, while he quotes Bible verses at them. He has a friend, though, a boy named Gary (Elijah Shepard), and together they make the best of things. That is, until it becomes clear that a clueless young inmate could make things really difficult for them - really difficult. The decide to escape their rural confinement and look up Spacy's mother (Mary Beth Hurt), who has finally divorced Spacy's abusive, alcoholic father.
Genre: | Drama |
Year of Production: | 1993 |
Director: | John Hanson |
Writer: | John O'Keefe |
Cast: | Marcus Klemp, Elijah Shepard, Mary Beth Hurt, Tom Bower |
Production: | American Playhouse Theatrical Films |
Coproduction: | WMG, Starhaus Filmproduktion |
Awards: | Heartland Film Festival 1993 - Crystal Heart Award |