Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon1991

Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 134 minutes

This murky rumination on keeping faith in our troubled times was an early sign that writer-director Lawrence Kasdan (Silverado) was losing his once-powerful grasp on the art of storytelling. Set in modern Los Angeles--with all its random violence, v… more »



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The point is there's a gulf in this country; an ever-widening abyss between the people who have stuff, and the people who don't have sh*t. It's like this big hole in the ground, as big as the f***ing Grand Canyon, and what's come pouring out is an eruption of rage, and the rage creates violence, and the violence is real, Mack. Nothing's gonna make it go away, until someone changes something, which is not going to happen. And you may not like it, even I may not like it, but I can't pretend it isn't there because that it is a lie, and when art lies, it becomes worthless. So I gotta keep telling the truth, even if it scares the sh*t out of me, like it scares the sh*t out of you. Even if it means some motherf***er can blow a big hole in my leg for a watch, and I'm gonna walk with a f***ing limp for the rest of my life and call myself lucky.

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