Synopsis
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
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Technical team
Martin Brest Directing
Bo Goldman Screenplay
Thomas Newman Music
Martin Brest Producing
Ronald L. Schwary Executive Producing
Production
Universal Pictures
City Light Films
$31,000,000
$134,100,000