Distant Thunder (1988 film)

Distant Thunder is a 1988 American drama film about an uneasy reunion between father and son that accidentally sparks war-haunted violence, and they share a harrowing fight for survival that will either destroy them or unify them forever.

Directed by Rick Rosenthal. Written by Robert Stitzel and Deedee Wehle.

A hero of war. A casualty of peace, With only one hope for survival...his son. (taglines)

Jack Lambert

• My father wants to see me. He sure took his sweet ass-time about it.

• I'm not going to waste all of your time so I'm just going a few words. Like all of you, I would like to move on in life. Thank you.

• This is what they do. Kill theirselves by walking into trains?

Mark Lambert

• I'm not fucking with you.

• When I was 18, my father used to call me "numbnuts" and "dumbass".

• Why don't you go take a flying fuck?

Dialogue

Mark: I wrote a letter, didn't I?

Jack: 15 years and one goddamn letter? Fuck you!

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[Mark tries to dodge a train]

Mark: There it is.

Jack: Fuck "There it is"! Don't you see I care about you?

Taglines

• A hero of war. A casualty of peace, With only one hope for survival...his son.
• The last echoes of war.

Cast

• Ralph Macchio - Jack Lambert
• John Lithgow - Mark Lambert
• Kerrie Keane - Char
• Reb Brown - Harvey Nitz
• Janet Margolin - Barbara Lambert
• Denis Arndt - Larry
• Jamey Sheridan - Moss
• Tom Bower - Louis
• John Kelly - Andy
• Michael Currie - Coach Swabey
• Hilary Strang - Jane
• Robyn Stevan - Holly
• David Longworth - Sheriff
• Gordon Currie - Billy Watson

External links

• Distant Thunder quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Distant Thunder at Mojo
• Distant Thunder (1988 film) at Rotten Tomatoes