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The Cure

Year:

1995

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Peter Horton

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1995-04-21

Filming Locations: 815 Second St. South, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA

Earnings

Gross: $2,568,429 (USA) Admissions 200 (Netherlands)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brad Renfro

Erik

Aeryk Egan

Tyler

Delphine French

Tyler's Girlfriend

Mona Powell

Tyler's Girlfriend

Andrew Broder

Tyler's Buddy

Jeremy Howard

Tyler's Buddy #2

Joseph Mazzello

Dexter

Annabella Sciorra

Linda

Diana Scarwid

Gail

Rosemary Corman

Elderly Woman in Street

T. Mychael Rambo

Garbageman #1

David Alan Smith

Garbageman #2

Delia Jurek

Angry Woman

Fran Korba

Elderly Women in Market

John Carroll Lynch

Skipper #1 (as John Lynch)

John Beasley

Skipper #2

Raymond Nelson

Skipper #3

Scott Stockton

Skipper #4

Dale Handevidt

Skipper #5

Nicky Katt

Pony

Craig Gierl

Jim

Renée Humphrey

Angle

Laurie A. Sinclair

Cheryl

Stephen D'Ambrose

Bus Station Clerk

Shirley Venard

Nurse Snyder

Mary McCusker

Nurse Murphy

Bruce Davison

Dr. Stevens

Peter Moore

Male Nurse

Rodney W. England

Final Doctor (as Rodney W. England M.D.)

Bill Schoppert

Funeral Director

Samantha Lemole

Funeral Attendant

Did you know?

Trivia

The opening credits feature the track 'My Great Escape' by Marc Cohn. A prelude is also heard later in the movie. However, this track was not released on any medium other than the movie itself.

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Legendary actress and acting coach Nina Foch was a consultant to director Peter Horton (credited) and an uncredited acting coach on this film.

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Goofs

When Erik is sitting on the floor playing Nintendo and his mom is talking to him about his dad's girlfriend Cindy, the position of Erik's legs keep changing between shots.

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When they are on the river sailing to New Orleans, you see the same smoke stack in the background, even though days have passed.

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At about 31 minutes in, Erik is seen gluing and smacking a leaf into their logbook, a reverse shot then shows three leaves with notes, another reverse shot and again one leaf.

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Quotes

Dexter: Have to eat my lunch now.

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Dexter: Suppose you kept going another 18 billion light years, what if there's nothing out there? Suppose you kept going another trillion times further, so far out you see nothing. The light from the universe would be fainter than the faintest star. Infinitely cold. Infinitely dark. Sometimes if I wake up and it's dark, I get really scared, like I'm out there and I'm never coming back.

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Erik: One time there was this kid, and he went swimming after eating, and he got a stomach cramp and he started to drown, but the sturgeon general grabbed him by his shirt and put him on the shore.

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Faq

How do they find the cure for AIDS?

The following answer may reveal important information involving the plot. Please read at your own discretion.After Dexter's death, Erik apologises to Dexter's mother for not being able to find a cure. She responds, "Come here sweetie. You did, you did. Everything that was sent in Dexter's life was sad, alone, and you made it go away. Dexter was happy to have you as a friend."

Why does Erik throw the rock?

The screenwriter Robert Kuhn has stated that a part of the script that was deleted before filming began involved Erik always throwing rocks at things and missing. This is a leftover from that idea. The beginning of the scene shows Erik throwing a rock at a garbage can and missing. When he throws the rock at Tyler he isn't expecting to hit him. He looks shocked when he actually does.

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