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A 16-year-old runs a failing farm while everyone drinks their feelings. Montana, baby.
TMDB
100
IMDb
64
Rotten Tomatoes
80
Audience Score
80

Stacking (1987)

dusty resiliencetender chaosrural noir

Overview

ComedyDramaRomance

After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their financially troubled farm in 1954 Montana.

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Content warning
economic precaritychosen familyadolescent forced maturityalcoholism as inheritance

Standout Aspects

Acting

Christine Lahti and Megan Follows' prickly mother-daughter warfare.

Cinematography

Big sky country that dwarfs human struggle.

Best for:Solo: Rainy afternoon when you want to feel something complicated.·Streaming: Criterion Channel deep cut nobody else has seen.
Heads up:Emotional: Parental abandonment and a father's slow physical decline.
Martin Rosen

Director

Martin Rosen

ReleasedJan 22, 1987
Runtime1h 36m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
Nepenthe Productions
American Playhouse

Top Cast

Christine Lahti

Christine Lahti

Kathleen Morgan

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest

Buster McGuire

Megan Follows

Megan Follows

Anna Mae Morgan

Ray Baker

Ray Baker

Dan Morgan

Jason Gedrick

Jason Gedrick

Gary Connaloe

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

The Photographer

James Gammon

James Gammon

Clate Connaloe

Kaiulani Lee

Kaiulani Lee

Connie Van Buskirk

Jacqueline Brookes

Jacqueline Brookes

Mrs. Connaloe

Irene Dailey

Irene Dailey

Mrs. McGuire

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Director Martin Rosen made his name on animated Watership Down—this was his rare live-action pivot.

Cultural

Based on a Bill Kittredge story; part of a brief 1980s wave of neo-regionalist American cinema that flopped and vanished.

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