Movie
1989
Chattahoochee is a 1989 American drama film directed by Mick Jackson and starring Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper. The film is based on the real-life experiences of Chris Calhoun in a Florida state mental institution. Calhoun later met James Hicks who wrote the script. It was turned down by several major studios before being accepted by Hemdale Film Corporation, a small British-owned, Los Angeles–based company that…
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Many soldiers find challenges of peacetime civilian life more demanding than anything that they experienced on battlefield. This appears to be the predicament of the protagonist of *Chattahoochee*, 1989 period drama directed by Mick Jackson. Gary Oldman plays Emmet Foley, young Florida man who returned from Korean War as decorated hero. Three years have passed and he seems unable to hold the job and provide for his…More
