
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

Linda Coleman
Young Joseph's Mother