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Too Far to Go (1979)
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, Richard and Joan Maple. Adapted from a series of stories appearing in the New Yorker Magazine over a period of twenty three years by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike ("The Witches of Eastwick", "Rabbit Run"), "Too Far To Go" garnered overwhelming critical praise in its theatrical debut. With its exceptional cast, this film envelops us in a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes exasperating journey through this most important relationship.
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Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, Richard and Joan Maple. Adapted from a series of stories appearing in the New Yorker Magazine over a period of twenty three years by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike ("The Witches of Eastwick", "Rabbit Run"), "Too Far To Go" garnered overwhelming critical praise in its theatrical debut. With its exceptional cast, this film envelops us in a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes exasperating journey through this most important relationship.
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Genre:Drama, TV Movie
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In Theaters:3/12/1979
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Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Sea Cliff Productions, Polytel
Cast
Fielder Cook
Director
Michael Moriarty
Richard Maple
Blythe Danner
Joan Barlow Maple
Glenn Close
Rebecca Kuehn
Ken Kercheval
Jack Dennis
Josef Sommer
Henry Mills
Kathryn Walker
Marion Sales
Doran Clark
Judith Maple, age 19
Lori Loughlin
Judith Maple, age 14
Tim Holcomb
Richie Maple, age 17
Mark Moring
Richie Maple, age 12
Adam Storke
John Maple, age 15
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