CURE

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• Release Year: 1995
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: One summer, two boys went in search of a dream and found the friendship of a lifetime. Joseph Mazzello (The River Wild; The Lost World: Jurassic Park) and Brad Renfro (Ghost World, Apt Pupil) star in this heartwarming adventure story filled with laughter, compassion and the enduring power of hope.; ; New to a quaint, riverside community, eleven-year-old Dexter (Mazzello) and his single mom are quickly shunned when it s learned the boy has AIDS. Next door lives Erik (Renfro), a lonely latch-key bully who surprisingly initiates a friendship. But trouble soon finds the twosome after they read a tabloid that suggests a New Orleans doctor has a cure. Determined to find him, the boys build a raft and set sail down the mighty Mississippi, Tom Sawyer style, in a magical, often hilarious journey that gives Dexter a chance to experience life as it should be lived and will change both boys lives forever.; ; Directed by Peter Horton (TV s Once and Again, MDs ), The Cure is a brilliantly captivating story for the whole family which KNBC-TV hails as a testament to friendship, loyalty and love.
• Cast: Brad Renfro; Aeryk Egan; Delphine French; Mona Powell; Andrew Broder; Jeremy Howard; Joseph Mazzello; Annabella Sciorra; Diana Scarwid; Rosemary Corman; T. Mychael Rmabo; David Alan Smith; Delia Jurek; Fran Korba; John Carroll Lynch; John Beasley; Raymond Nelson; Scott Stockton; Dale Handevidt; Nicky Katt; Craig Gierl; Renée Humphrey; Laurie A. Sinclair; Stephen D'Ambrose; Shirley Venard; Mary McCusker; Bruce Davison; Peter Moore; Rodney W. England; Bill Schoppert; Samantha Lemole; Peter Horton
• Director: Peter Horton
• Runtime: 1:39
• Company: Universal Studios
• Media Format: Movie