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Running on Empty
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9786305308850
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6305308853
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D11843D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 30, 1999
Running Time: 116 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 09, 1988
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Editorial Review:
It's difficult to watch this involving family drama and not end up mad at River Phoenix. He was such an incredibly talented, believable, available actor that it makes you mad at him for leaving us so soon. He's particularly good here as Danny, a talented musician and the eldest son of a couple of former war protestors (Christine Lahti and Judd Hirsch). Their bombing of a napalm plant during the Vietnam War makes their small, nuclear family act as fugitives, never letting themselves settle down, never leaving traces, one step ahead of the law. This works for the splinter group of rebels until Danny meets a teacher who believes in his talent, and meets the teacher's daughter, Lorna (played by Martha Plimpton). Danny's love for Lorna and his aspirations to attend Juilliard put the family in jeopardy of finally being tracked down. It's saying something that in this impressive ensemble cast, ably directed by Sidney Lumet, Phoenix sticks out. He was an actor whose tank never would have run out. --Keith Simanton
Two fugitive radicals must face the painful consequences of their teenage son striking out on his own. Year: 1988 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Christine Lahti River Phoenix Judd Hirsch Martha PlimptonRunning Time: 117 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 085391184324
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Phoenix on a Full Tank
Running on Empty is about a family on the run. Annie and Arthur Pope (Christine Lahti and Judd Hirsch) are political activists who have bombed a napalm factory to protest the Viet Nam war. Though it was 17 years ago, and the war is over, the FBI is still searching for them. Their two boys, Danny & Harry (River Phoenix and Jonas Abry) have lived their whole lives on the run, There is an incredibly tight family bond, but it is tested when Danny shows great musical talent and his music teacher tries ... Read More
Rating:  - A film to grow, laugh, cry and live by, eviscerated my memories
So yeah, I have wanted for sometime to review this movie. I was around 11 or so when I first saw it with my mother. I remember trying to hold back tears at the final scene, when Judd drives away in the car, and I couldn't. I was so hiding back the huge lump in my throat and the water in the corners of my eyes, but I did regardless; and I knew then, that movies, beyond all conceivable recognition, can shape, mold and understand who we are really. That scene evokes every emotion any man can muster, and ... Read More
Rating: - Notes from the Underground....
This movie about 70's radicals living life underground and on-the-run with their two sons in tow, after their bombing of a napalm factory resulted in the paralysis and blinding of a janitor who wasn't supposed to be there, is actually a unique and beautifully told family drama, with a superbly chosen cast and some very fine writing to commend it.
River Phoenix plays the oldest son Danny, who is a gifted pianist and is old enough to begin resisting the fugitive life that has been thrust on ... Read More
Rating: - DVD format
This DVD is only available now in 1.33 full-screen. I've read that this actually gives you MORE visual data than the theatrical version (as the film was supposedly originally shot in full-screen and then had the top and bottom of the screen lopped-off in theatrical rectangular shape -- and was presumably shot with this intention. And as such, the full-screen version is as good or better than what we'd get from a widescreen format.)
Turns out that all of the above is not true. The full-screen ... Read More
Rating:  - running on empty
a dvd i ordered arrived in a case with cling wrap cellotaped an no dvd in it.not impressed at all.
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