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Starring
Steve Martin, Danny Glover, Kevin Kline

Director
Lawrence Kasdan

Year
1991

Genre
Drama

Synopsis
Random acts of violence and kindness collide in this Oscar-nominated story from Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) starring Kevin Kline as immigration attorney Mack, stranded in a bad part of town and set upon by a gang of street thugs. Danny Glover, as tow truck driver Simon, comes to the rescue and the two become good friends.

Mack tries to repay Simon by setting him up on a blind date and helping his sister move to a better neighbourhood. Meanwhile, Mack's best friend (Steve Martin) is wounded in a robbery, Mack's wife Claire (Mary McDonell) finds an abandoned baby and applies for adoption and Simon's nephew (Patrick Malone) is thinking of joining a gang.

As everybody's lives interweave, the class and race issues that would normally keep them apart fall away. Support cast also includes Mary Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard and Tina Lifford.

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