Distant Thunder (1988 film)

Distant Thunder is a 1988 American drama film about an uneasy reunion between father and son that accidentally sparks war-haunted violence, and they share a harrowing fight for survival that will either destroy them or unify them forever.
 * Directed by Rick Rosenthal. Written by Robert Stitzel and Deedee Wehle.

A hero of war. A casualty of peace, With only one hope for survival...his son. (taglines)

Jack Lambert

 * My father wants to see me. He sure took his sweet ass-time about it.


 * I'm not going to waste all of your time so I'm just going a few words. Like all of you, I would like to move on in life. Thank you.


 * This is what they do. Kill theirselves by walking into trains?

Mark Lambert

 * I'm not fucking with you.


 * When I was 18, my father used to call me "numbnuts" and "dumbass".


 * Why don't you go take a flying fuck?

Dialogue

 * Mark: I wrote a letter, didn't I?
 * Jack: 15 years and one goddamn letter? Fuck you!


 * [Mark tries to dodge a train]
 * Mark: There it is.
 * Jack: Fuck "There it is"! Don't you see I care about you?

Taglines

 * A hero of war. A casualty of peace, With only one hope for survival...his son.
 * The last echoes of war.

Cast

 * Ralph Macchio - Jack Lambert
 * John Lithgow - Mark Lambert
 * Kerrie Keane - Char
 * Reb Brown - Harvey Nitz
 * Janet Margolin - Barbara Lambert
 * Denis Arndt - Larry
 * Jamey Sheridan - Moss
 * Tom Bower - Louis
 * John Kelly - Andy
 * Michael Currie - Coach Swabey
 * Hilary Strang - Jane
 * Robyn Stevan - Holly
 * David Longworth - Sheriff
 * Gordon Currie - Billy Watson