Genre: Romance, Drama, Family
Tagline: In the heart of a nation ... hope takes flight.
Plot: Wisconsin, 1941. A group of rural townspeople gather on a farm field, eagerly observing amateur pilot Dale Rounds (Brent Crawford) as he prepares his airplane, Red Betsy, for its inaugural flight. Dale built Red Betsy with the help of his father, Emmet (Leo Burmester) from spare automotive parts. As the community watches with growing excitement and skepticism, Dale and Emmet are determined to show that their contraption can really fly.Waiting expectantly in the sidelines are Dale's girlfriend Winifred (Alison Elliott), and mother Helen (Lois Smith). After a few false starts, the airplane barrels down the makeshift runway and glides effortlessly into the air, clearing the treetops. The crowd erupts into enthusiastic cheers and applause. That evening, Dale and Winifred discuss their plans of getting married and moving to the state capitol in Madison.Winifred believes that Emmet doesn't like her. "He keeps referring to me in the third person ... like I'm not even there," she says. Dale assures Winifred that his father likes her, however he realizes that Emmet will have a problem with them moving away. Dinner at the Rounds home is marred by radio reports of the war in Europe. Emmet doesn't want to hear of such "foolishness" at his dinner table, and angrily turns off the radio.
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 | Chad Lowe
Unfaithful, Highway to Hell, The Apartment Complex |
 | | | William Wise
In the Bedroom, Farewell to the King, Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God... Be Back by Five | | | |
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| Sheldon Mirowitz
Outside Providence, Missing in America, Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern |
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