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Release Date
Feb 20, 1987 (USA)
Dec 4, 1987 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 18, 2003
MPAA Rating
PG13
Running Time
1 hour, 52 minutes
Country USA
Studio Island Pictures, NBC
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Other Titles
• Square Dance
• Home Is Where the Heart Is
• Square Dance - Wiedersehen in Texas (1987)
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Genre: Drama, Coming Of Age, Love, Teenage, Mental Illness
Plot: Director Daniel Petrie's poignant coming-of-age drama, based on the novel by Alan Hines, stars Winona Ryder (in an early screen role) as Gemma, a young girl who has grown up in relative seclusion on a run-down farm in rural Texas. Abandoned by her mother, Juanelle (Jane Alexander), at an early age, Gemma has been raised by her cranky but devoted grandfather, Dillard (Jason Robards), and protected from the realities of the outside world. But Gemma's vision of the world is changed forever when her mother visits and attempts to convince her to come live with her in the big city of Ft. Worth. Initially, Gemma refuses, but gradually she is overwhelmed with a deep desire to know her real mother. One night Gemma runs away from home and winds up at the doorsteps of her mother's home, where she lives with her new husband (Guich Koock). Gemma learns about life in the city with Juanelle, a hard-living independent woman who spends her days working at a local beauty parlor and her nights dancing at a saloon. Gemma grows from an innocent girl to a young woman, befriending Rory (Rob Lowe), a mentally disabled and handsome young man who captures Gemma's heart. Rory and Gemma begin an innnocent courtship that quicky becomes more serious when Rory asks Gemma to marry him. Although Gemma is only
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| Written by |
Alan Hines
Crowned and Dangerous, The Interrogation of Michael Crowe, Guilt by Association |
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| Cast |
Jason Robards
Once Upon a Time in the West, Philadelphia, All the President's Men |
 | Jane Alexander
The Ring, The Cider House Rules, All the President's Men |
 | Winona Ryder
Edward Scissorhands, Alien: Resurrection, Beetle Juice |
 | Rob Lowe
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Wayne's World, The Outsiders |
 | | Guich Koock
Piranha, American Ninja, The Sugarland Express | | |
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