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Back Roads (film)
Back Roads may refer to: * ''Back Roads'' (novel), a 2000 novel by the American writer Tawni O'Dell ** ''Back Roads'' (2018 film), a film based on the above novel * ''Back Roads'' (album), a 2003 album by American guitarist Pat Donohue * ''Back Roads'' (1981 film), an American romantic comedy film * ''Back Roads'' (TV series), a 2015 Australian TV series * ''Back Roads'', an album by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, until 1970 billed as The First Edition, were an American rock band. The band's style was difficult to singularly classify, as it incorporated elements of country, rock and psychedelic pop. Its stalwart memb ... * ''Back Roads'' (2020 novel), a thriller by Andrée A. Michaud See also * Backroad (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Roads (novel)
''Back Roads'' is the 1999 novel by the American writer Tawni O'Dell, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in March 2000. Plot introduction Harley Altmyer, a nineteen-year-old, has to care for his three sisters as his mother is in jail for killing his abusive father. Living in the coal town of Laurel Falls in backwoods Western Pennsylvania, he lusts after a mother of two who lives down the lane. Plot summary Harley Altmyer should be in college drinking beer and chasing girls. He should be freed from his stifling coal town with its lack of jobs and no sense of humor. Instead he's marooned in the Pennsylvania backwoods caring for his three younger sisters after the shooting death of his physically abusive father and the arrest of his mother. Life is further complicated when he develops an obsession with the sexy, melancholic mother of two down the road. Family secrets and unspoken truths threaten to consume him as his obsession deepens and she responds unearthing a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Roads (2018 Film)
''Back Roads'' is a 2018 American drama film directed by Alex Pettyfer in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Tawni O'Dell and Adrian Lyne was adapted from O'Dell's bestselling novel of the same name. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz, Robert Patrick and Juliette Lewis, the film centers on a young man living in the Pennsylvania backwoods who must care for his three younger sisters after his mother is arrested for murdering his father. ''Back Roads'' premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. It received a limited release in the United States on December 7, 2018, and was later released on video on demand and digital. Plot After his mother is imprisoned for killing his abusive father, Harley Altmyer is left to care for his three younger sisters in rural Pennsylvania. Harley forgoes his college education, working dead-end jobs to pay the bills and raise his siblings, which include the rebellious and promiscuou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Roads (album)
''Back Roads'' is an album by guitarist Pat Donohue. Track listing All songs by Pat Donohue unless otherwise noted # "Stealin' from Chet" (Chet Atkins, Pat Donohue) – 3:44 # "The Road to Kingdome Come" – 3:33 # "(The Other End Of) The Mississippi River Blues" – 4:11 # "Baby, Can't Get Over You" – 4:13 # "I Don't Worry 'Bout the Blues" – 4:24 # "Touch 'Em All" – 3:04 # "Saguaro Slide" – 2:47 # "Love and Desire" – 4:30 # "Nothin'" – 2:44 # "Stumblin' Through" – 3:58 # "Matter of Time" – 3:19 # "Summer's End" – 2:03 Personnel * Pat Donohue – guitar, vocals, slide guitar, percussion * Rich Dworsky – piano * Butch Thompson – clarinet, piano * Howard Levy – harmonica * Chet Atkins – guitar, vocals * Gordy Johnson – double bass * Marc Anderson Marc Dennis Anderson (born December 10, 1955) is an American born percussionist, composer, poet and Zen Buddhist priest. Best known for records and live performances with guitarist and composer Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Roads (1981 Film)
''Back Roads'' is a 1981 American romantic comedy film starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. It is directed by Martin Ritt. It got middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office. This was the first film produced by CBS Theatrical Films (a short lived film production branch of CBS). The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Plot Amy Post is a $20-a-trick hooker in Mobile, Alabama. One night she entertains Elmore Pratt, an ex- boxer who has just been fired from his job at a car wash. He cannot pay her for services rendered. Pratt punches a plainclothes police officer. He and Amy drive away together, intending to head for California, bickering along the way. Production Field and Jones disliked one another intensely during filming. Ritt said that he regretted not being able to make this film work, blaming its failure on both the script and the stars' inability to get along. In her January 29, 2013 appearance on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', Field said that she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Roads (TV Series)
''Back Roads'' is an Australian factual television show that looks at Australian regional towns. This observational documentary series began on the ABC on 30 November 2015. It follows political journalist Heather Ewart as she visits remote towns and regions to visit local communities. the executive producer was Brigid Donovan and the supervising producer Kerri Ritchie. The field producers were Karen Michelmore and Louise Turley. A second series began screening in 2016. The theme song is sung by Australian singer-songwriter, Rebecca Barnard. Episodes Series 1 * Series 1 Ep 1 " Ceduna" (First broadcast 30 Nov 2015) Ceduna is a Nullarbor frontier town on the Great Australian Bight, where breaking conventions is the rule. * Series 1 Ep 2 " Winton" (First broadcast 07 Dec 2015) Winton is a western Queensland town in "Waltzing Matilda" country, where you can spend a day at the races, go digging for dinosaur bones and meet a former Governor-General of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Rogers And The First Edition
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, until 1970 billed as The First Edition, were an American rock band. The band's style was difficult to singularly classify, as it incorporated elements of country, rock and psychedelic pop. Its stalwart members were Kenny Rogers (lead vocals and bass guitar), Mickey Jones (drums and percussion) and Terry Williams (guitar and vocals). The band formed in 1967, with folk musician Mike Settle (guitar and backing vocals) and the operatically-trained Thelma Camacho (lead vocals) completing the lineup. As the counterculture of the 1960s was developing, the First Edition signed with Reprise Records in 1967 and had their first big hit in early 1968 with the psychedelic single " Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (US No. 5). After other chart hits, " But You Know I Love You" (US No. 19) and "Tell It All Brother" (US No. 17), the group, newly billed as "Kenny Rogers and the First Edition", once again hit the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Roads (2020 Novel)
Back Roads may refer to: * ''Back Roads'' (novel), a 2000 novel by the American writer Tawni O'Dell ** ''Back Roads'' (2018 film), a film based on the above novel * ''Back Roads'' (album), a 2003 album by American guitarist Pat Donohue * ''Back Roads'' (1981 film), an American romantic comedy film * ''Back Roads'' (TV series), a 2015 Australian TV series * ''Back Roads'', an album by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, until 1970 billed as The First Edition, were an American rock band. The band's style was difficult to singularly classify, as it incorporated elements of country, rock and psychedelic pop. Its stalwart memb ... * ''Back Roads'' (2020 novel), a thriller by Andrée A. Michaud See also * Backroad (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée A
Andrée or Andree may refer to: People * Andrée (given name) * Andree (surname) Places * Andree, Minnesota, unincorporated community in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County, Minnesota * 1296 Andrée, asteroid * Andrée Land (Svalbard) * Andrée Land (Greenland) * Mount Andree, Heard Island * Andrée Island, Antarctica See also * Andre (other) Andre or André is the French form of the given name Andrew. Andre or André may also refer to: People * Andre (surname) * André (artist) (born 1971), Swedish-Portuguese graffiti artist * André (singer), Armenian singer * André the Giant, ac ... de:Andree fr:Andrée nl:Andrée sv:Andrée {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |