Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds

They ran away from everything but each other.

Genres

ComedyDrama

OverView

Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.

Others

Budget

$312000

Revenue

$1400000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

102 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

24 November 1999

Country

United States of America

Cast

Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Mary Jo Walker

Kimberly J. Brown

Kimberly J. Brown

Ava Walker

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Dan Miller

Gavin O'Connor

Gavin O'Connor

Jack Ranson

Laurel Holloman

Laurel Holloman

Laurie Pendleton

Lois Smith

Lois Smith

Ginger

Michael J. Pollard

Michael J. Pollard

Mr. Cummings

Linda Porter

Linda Porter

Mrs. Boman

Ashley Buccille

Ashley Buccille

Zoe Broussard

Cody McMains

Cody McMains

Adam Riley

Brian Tahash

Brian Tahash

Winston Jackson

Joshua Carmichael

Joshua Carmichael

Billy Jo

Dennis Ford

Dennis Ford

Check-out Clerk

Sara Downing

Sara Downing

Rachel Riley

Joel Polis

Joel Polis

Vice Principal

Christian Payne

Christian Payne

Rachel's Boyfriend

Harry Gradzhyan

Harry Gradzhyan

Gas Attendant

Renelouise Smith

Renelouise Smith

Captain Nemo's Waitress

Kelly Rodgers

Kelly Rodgers

Zoe's Mom at Cast Party

Stephanie Zajac

Stephanie Zajac

Lady Capulet

Jennifer Paige

Jennifer Paige

Nurse

Lisa Jane Persky

Lisa Jane Persky

Diner Waitress

Noah Emmerich

Noah Emmerich

Vertis Dewey (uncredited)

Similar Movies

6.6

Bright Star

September 2009 •English

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

7.0

24 City

September 2008 •Chinese

As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.

5.1

Adventures of Power

January 2008 •English

In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.

6.2

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

October 1990 •English

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

2.9

Slippery Slope

October 2006 •English

A cash strapped feminist filmmaker secretly takes a job directing a porn film in order to get her thesis film, "Feminism For Dummies" out of the lab. Soon, her own slumbering sexuality is awakened in surprising ways. This arouses the suspicion of her politically correct husband, Hugh, and leads to a madcap finale of mistaken identity that threatens to upend Gillian's best laid plans.

5.0

Wooly Boys

January 2001 •English

A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage grandson.

6.6

The Devil's Playground

December 1977 •English

A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.

5.7

Dare

November 2009 •English

When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny. Envious, her shy best friend Ben also dares to pursue Johnny.

5.8

Strange Bedfellows

April 2004 •English

Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.

3.5

The Bilbee Boys

January 2008 •English

The Bilbee Boys are your average boys without a care in the world... until Rosemary moves in next door. The boys try to impress her in their own way, but fail. When school starts the boys take desperate measures to secure their place before the rest of the boys in school do. The Bilbee Boys explores the insecurities, societal pressures and media influences teenagers and young adults face, through the eyes of three teenage brothers.

5.0

Young Soul Rebels

August 1991 •English

Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

5.1

Chalk

May 2007 •English

Three rookie teachers and one unenthusiastic assistant principal face a rambunctious student body, a cantankerous set of colleagues, embarrassing rumors, equipment malfunctions and various absurdities at Harrison High, a typically provocative and volatile (although fictional) public school in Austin, Texas. The documentary-style comedy won several awards, including Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival.

4.8

Now You Know

September 2002 •English

On the eve of his bachelor party, a man learns his fiancee wants to call off the wedding. The unmarried couple returns to New Jersey to sort out their relationship.

4.7

Who is KK Downey

July 2008 •English

The plot revolves around two hipster friends who pretend to be a writer with a troubled past in their quest for fame.

5.8

The Pool Boys

September 2009 •English

A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.

4.3

Daydreamer

January 2007 •English

Clinton is convinced that Casey is a figment of his imagination. But seriously, what would a girl like her see in a guy like him? It seems that lately people are seeing all sorts of things in him, but the problem is that he can't see them himself.

0.0

American Chai

January 2001 •English

The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).

6.2

The Indian

January 2007 •English

"The Indian" is a touching drama about a negligent father who must face the son he abandoned years earlier, and the emotional wreckage he caused, in order to obtain a life-saving transplant.

6.4

Running on Karma

September 2003 •

A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.

7.2

Bug

February 2002 •English

A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bender, disruption of basic cable television service, and more than one relationship falling apart. One person's disaster becomes another's boon, and vice versa--because a man loses his job, a young girl becomes the lead ballerina in the school play, which in turn causes the death of a pet pig. These characters weave around Los Angeles and each other as seemingly mundane events fall into place, putting them on a collision course with a common fate and one heroic act of competence.