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to adapt the story, but Wilson politely declined. It was originally produced as a two-part TV movie running a total of 200 minutes on
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recommended the film in an 1986 episode of their TV show devoted to overlooked movies that were available in a growing source of films in the U.S. at the time--video rental stores. They both advised viewers to seek out a version that was longer and released in
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Gilmore meets and becomes romantically involved with Nicole Baker, a 19-year-old young woman with two young children. Despite his efforts to reform himself, Gilmore begins to fight, steal items from stores, and abuse alcohol and drugs. The people who care for him are distressed to see these patterns
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said about the film's performances: "Jones (playing
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to live with Brenda Nicol, a distant cousin who was close to him and agrees to sponsor him. She tries to help him get back to normal life, which he finds extremely difficult after being in prison for so long. He soon moves to live with his Uncle Vern, with whom he works in shoe repair, and Vern's
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under a state law designed to accommodate the US Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty, which found most state laws on capital punishment to constitute "cruel and unusual punishment," prohibited under the
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wife. Gilmore next moves on to another job, at an insulation factory, where he performs well at first, but starts to have erratic hours and contentious relationships with co-workers.
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