''The Hi-Line'' is a 1999
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
by
Ron Judkins
Ron Judkins (born 1953) is an American production sound mixer and writer-director. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three in the same category. He is also the winner of the BAFTA Award for Best S ...
which is set in the
Hi-Line region of Montana.
The film stars
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress and model. She has starred in the films ''The Baby-Sitters Club (film), The Baby-Sitters Club'' (1995), ''She's All That'' (1999), and ''Josie and the Pussycats (film), Josie and ...
and Ryan Alosio.
A
headhunter for a Chicago-based retail chain arrives in a small Montana town and contacts a young woman with an offer to interview her for a job. She is still living with what she believes to be her parents. In reality, the headhunter has been sent by a friend, the woman's real father, who is serving a sentence in
Joliet Prison. Her father, who wants her to know who her real parents are, is about to die while in prison. Her real mother lives outside of a different Montana town. When her parents split apart, they put the newborn girl up for adoption. She was never told she was adopted, and when she learns the news, she travels to confront her real mother out of anger. The headhunter goes with her, and the two develop a romantic relationship on the way.
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1999 films
1999 drama films
2000s English-language films
1990s English-language films
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