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It’s been a long journey but Back Roads – the movie – is finally happening! Filming has wrapped, and we’re well into post-production with a hopeful release date in the summer of 2018. Back Roads was my first novel, a New York Times bestseller and an Oprah Book Club pick. Harley’s fans have been waiting seventeen years (!) to see his ...
Nov 30, 2018 · It’s been a few years since I’ve read Tawni O’Dell’s debut novel Back Roads, a story about a teenage boy who has to run a household after tragic circumstances. While watching the film adaptation of the New York Times bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club Selection, the story of abuse and family se
Nov 1, 2018 · Based on Tawni O’Dell’s 1999 novel of the same name, Back Roads tells the story of a young man named Harley (played by Pettyfer), who’s dealing with the challenges of adulthood when his...
Synopsis. After his mother, (Juliette Lewis), is imprisoned for killing his abusive father, Harley Altmyer (Alex Pettyfer) 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, including his rebellious and promiscuous 16-year-old ...
In his directorial debut, Pettyfer deals masterfully with a layered screenplay by Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal) and Tawni O'Dell and elicits moving performances from the entire cast. Pettyfer proves as capable in front of the camera as he is behind it, playing a sensitive, brooding young man who must confront the lingering ...
Duration. 1h 41m. TCM Emails. In a small western Pennsylvania mining town, a teenager is forced to care for his three younger sisters when their mother goes to jail for killing her abusive husband. And during this time, he finds comfort in a mother of two who lives down the road.
