Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 11/08/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: TLA Releasing
A young man leaves his home and family in search of himself in this independent
drama.
America Brown (
Ryan Kwanten) -- called
"Ricky" by most of his friends -- was born and raised in a West Texas town where football is treated more like a religion than a game. Raised by a single mother (
Karen Black),
America's primary male role model has been his older brother
Daniel (
Michael Rapaport), who has drilled it into
Ricky's head that it's his destiny to be a football star. But
America has come to hate football, and especially loathes
Bo (
Leo Burmester), the manipulative coach of his high-school team. Desperate to get away from it all,
America runs away to New York City, where he seeks refuge with
John Cross (
Hill Harper), a one-time football legend from West Texas who gave up the game to become a Catholic priest. As
America looks to find a new life, he finds in
Cross a man who is still haunted by his past and smitten with a woman in his congregation,
Rosie (
Élodie Bouchez).
America, meanwhile, develops an infatuation of his own with
Vera (
Natasha Lyonne), a pretty but streetwise girl who waits tables at a neighborhood diner.
America Brown was the first feature film from writer and director
Paul Black; it was screened at the
2004 Tribeca Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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