Running on Empty

Section: Close-up Sidney Lumet
Title: Running on Empty
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton
Duration: 1h 56
Country: United States
Language: en
Year: 1988

Arthur and his wife, Annie, are fugitives, perpetually on the run from federal authorities due to their antiwar activity during the 1960s. The couple moves around the country with their two sons, young Harry and his older teenage brother, Danny. On the verge of adulthood, Danny longs to set out on his own and live a more stable life, but is he ready to leave his family behind?