Plot An ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is
faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.
Cast Nicolas Cage ... Joe
Tye Sheridan ... Gary
Gary Poulter ... Wade a.k.a. G-Daawg
Ronnie Gene Blevins ... Willie-Russell
Adriene Mishler ... Connie
Brian Mays ... Junior
Aj Wilson McPhaul ... Earl
Sue Rock ... Merle
Heather Kafka ... Lacy
Brenda Isaacs Booth ... Mother
Anna Niemtschk ... Dorothy
Elbert Hill III ... Shorty (as Elbert Evan Hill III)
Milton Fountain ... Milton
Roderick L. Polk ... Roscoe
Aaron Spivey-Sorrells ... Sammy