Rising Son

Rising Son

92 mins | Drama, TV Movie | July 23, 1990

A factory foreman with 36 years experience becomes despondent after being laid off by his company which has just been taken over by a Japanese conglomerate and is unable to find any other work. Meanwhile, his son uses his father's unemployment as an excuse to drop out of the pre-med program his father pressured him to enter.

Rising Son

92 mins | Drama, TV Movie | July 23, 1990

Rising Son
A factory foreman with 36 years experience becomes despondent after being laid off by his company which has just been taken over by a Japanese conglomerate and is unable to find any other work. Meanwhile, his son uses his father's unemployment as an excuse to drop out of the pre-med program his father pressured him to enter.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Turner Pictures (I), Sarabande Productions
Original title Rising Son
Directors John David Coles
Writers Lewis Cole, Bill Phillips, Rafael Yglesias

Cast

Brian Dennehy

as Gus Robinson

Piper Laurie

as Martha Robinson

Graham Beckel

as Billy

Emily Longstreth

as Carol

Ving Rhames

as Ed

Jane Adams

as Meg Bradley

Richard Jenkins

as Tommy

Matt Damon

as Charlie Robinson

Earl Hindman

as Victor

Ray McKinnon

as Ken Mott

Tate Donovan

as Des

Kevin Corrigan

as Danny