Plot
Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a new student in his class. His affair with Catherine and losing his teaching job forces Joseph to take a look at his previously dull life and to decide how he wants to live the rest of it.
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Cast
Dennis Hopper
Joseph Svenden
Amy Irving
Rosealee Henson
Amy Locane
Catherine Wheeler
Julie Harris
Joseph's Mother
Gary Busey
Major Nathan Wheeler
Hal Holbrook
Doctor Evans
Christopher Pettiet
Robert Henson
Priscilla Pointer
Lily Henson
Gail Cronauer
Beverly
Joe Stevens
School Board Man
Connie Cooper
Charlotte
Eleese Lester
Marie
Doug Jackson
Frank
Todd Duffey
Young Joseph