Richard Gere on Miles from home

Title

Richard Gere on Miles from home

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:05:52

Description

Interview with American actor, Richard Gere, about his new film, Miles from Home. The movie was filmed on location throughout the state of Iowa, and is about two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west and become folk heroes when they start robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers. He talks about the background to the film and also about his participation in the Tibet House project.

Contributors

Richard Gere; Gill Pyrah?

Keywords

USA; Actors; Human rights; Economics; Farming; Films; Cinema; Economic recession; Banks; Loans; Tibet; Iowa; Richard Gere; Miles from Home; Agriculure

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