Josh and S.A.M.
Josh and S.A.M. is a 1993 American dramacomedy film revolving around two brothers who hate each other and the way they react to their parents divorce. It stars Noah Fleiss, Jacob Tierney, Martha Plimpton, and a young Jake Gyllenhaal. It was Directed by Billy Weber and Produced by Martin Brest. This was Noah Fleiss film debut.
Josh says that he can be safely deactivated and turned back into a human if he reaches Canada. After a thunderstorm grounds their flight in Dallas forcing them to stay in hotel, Josh grows impatient with his mother and decides to abandon Sam and his life. Blocked at all exits by hotel officials, he heads into a high school reunion to seek refuge. He later lies that his mother was a graduate, and he finds Derek Baxter Chris Penn, a drunken man claiming to be his father. Before Josh has time to clear his lie, Sam appears and, shortly thereafter, Derek drives them to their grandparents house to tell the good news. Upon entering the house Derek overreacts to a picture of the real family and goes after Josh. After Sam hits him with a cueball, Josh reacts defensively and hits Derek on the head with a pool cue, supposedly killing him. In panic, the two brothers steal his rental car and begin their trek to Canada.After a day of Josh and Sam driving they encounter Alison Martha Plimpton, who is an older teen runaway from Hannibal, Missouri. They pick her up due to a resemblance to another lie of Joshs, the Liberty Maid. According to the Liberty Maids description she aids fleeing S.A.M.s to Canada, in the similar way of Harriet Tubman. Alison travels with them as their driver and during the run develops a bond with Josh. After a runin with a cop outside of Salt Lake City, Sam flees, causing a chase through the desert that nearly kills Sam as he crawls under a train. After Josh and Allison reach the car, they dash to the road to continue their journey. ........
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