

Promised Land
Life on the edge of the American Dream.
Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, and the awkward Senator - aim to leave their small town behind and realize big dreams, but their idealistic plans collide with life's harsh realities.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $316K
- Language
- English
- tattoo
- basketball
- wedding
- leaving home
- botched robbery
- hopelessness
- directionless
- police shooting
- aimless youth
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR22 Jan 1988
BrazilBR
- Theatrical27 Jan 1989
FranceFR
- PremiereDeauville Film Festival1 Sept 1987
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1227 Jan 1989
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Promised Land was released on 22 January 1988.
Audience reviews
2- W5/10
Wuchak
10/27/2023
**_Glum, arty drama about youths in the heart of the American West_** Three students from the class of ’85 in small town Utah go their separate ways: Hancock (Jason Gedrick) shoots for basketball stardom, but settles for being a cop; his girlfriend (Tracy Pollan) goes off to college to explore art and romantic possibilities; their meek friend Danny (Kiefer Sutherland) curiously quits school in pursuit of an ambigu…
- K2/10
kevin2019
4/26/2024
"Promised Land" is based upon a true story, but it just isn't a particularly interesting enough one. It is truly nothing more than a sober and uninspiring recounting of the facts and at least the film makers have produced a serious minded dramatisation of some real events without succumbing to the temptation of somehow making it into a popcorn movie and insulting everyone involved in the incident being depicted. It i…
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