{"id":19432,"date":"2011-09-05T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19432"},"modified":"2022-11-25T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:14:13","slug":"independence-day-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19432","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t let Jack make you forget what you really want.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn aspiring small-town photographer (Kathleen Quinlan) hoping to get accepted to art school in L.A. begins an affair with a mechanic (David Keith) whose sister (Dianne Wiest) is married to an abusive husband (Cliff De Young).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domestic Abuse<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Quinlan Films<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on a script by novelist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alice_Hoffman\">Alice Hoffman<\/a>, this unfortunately-titled indie film &#8212; forever overshadowed by the 1996 sci-fi hit of the same name &#8212; features a fine central performance by Kathleen Quinlan, whose main claim to cinematic fame remains her Oscar-nominated turn as Tom Hanks&#8217; wife in <em>Apollo 13<\/em>. However, the dilemma posed by both Quinlan&#8217;s aspirations and her romance with car-racing Keith (Will she or won&#8217;t she get into the school of her dreams? Will he or won&#8217;t he accompany her on her quest to the Big City?) is ultimately rather predictable and uninspired. Much more fascinating is the film&#8217;s secondary narrative, about an abused housewife (Wiest, giving a heartbreaking performance) who appears to simply accept her lot in life with a timid, fearful smile, yet has an audacious escape plan in mind. Director Robert Mandel should be applauded for daring to present Wiest&#8217;s situation in all its discomfiting rawness; truthfully, the film really should have been primarily hers.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dianne Wiest as Nancy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Wiest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Wiest.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Wiest.png 628w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Wiest-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Wiest-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Quinlan as Mary Ann<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Quinlan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Quinlan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Quinlan.png 628w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Quinlan-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Independence-Day-Quinlan-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth seeking out simply for Wiest&#8217;s stand-out performance, and for its unforgettable denouement. Listed as a Sleeper and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085724\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritualityandpractice.com\/films\/films.php?id=8843\">Spirituality and Practice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t let Jack make you forget what you really want.&#8221; Synopsis: An aspiring small-town photographer (Kathleen Quinlan) hoping to get accepted to art school in L.A. begins an affair with a mechanic (David Keith) whose sister (Dianne Wiest) is married to an abusive husband (Cliff De Young). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Domestic Abuse Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues Kathleen Quinlan Films Romance Small Town America Review: Based on a script by novelist Alice Hoffman, this unfortunately-titled indie film &#8212; forever&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19432\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19432"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88449,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19432\/revisions\/88449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}