Promised Land

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Meg Ryan, Kiefer Sutherland, Tracy Pollan, and Jason Gedrick sit closely together on stools, smiling and leaning on each other in a scene from Promised Land (1987).

Promised Land

film by Hoffman [1987]

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Exploring 10 Types of Basketball Movies
Big Fish, Small Fish
…One on One (1977) and Promised Land (1987), but these movies are on this list together because both are about big-fish, small-town hardwood heroes who flounder in the world of big-time college basketball. After his hoop dream comes up empty, Davey Hancock (Jason Gedrick) becomes a policeman in his Utah…
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…One on One (1977) and Promised Land (1987), but these movies are on this list together because both are about big-fish, small-town hardwood heroes who flounder in the world of big-time college basketball. After his hoop dream comes up empty, Davey Hancock (Jason Gedrick) becomes a policeman in his Utah…
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Meg Ryan
Early roles and marriage to Dennis Quaid
…she had starring roles in Promised Land and Innerspace. She began dating her Innerspace costar Dennis Quaid, and in 1988 they both starred in D.O.A. They wedded in 1991 and had their only child, Jack Quaid, the following year. (Jack Quaid became an actor and is known for roles in…
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…she had starring roles in Promised Land and Innerspace. She began dating her Innerspace costar Dennis Quaid, and in 1988 they both starred in D.O.A. They wedded in 1991 and had their only child, Jack Quaid, the following year. (Jack Quaid became an actor and is known for roles in…
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