The Prince of Pennsylvania

Year: 1988

Runtime: 87 mins

Language: English

Director: Ron Nyswaner

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Desperate to find love, happiness, wisdom, truth and the meaning of life by next Thursday, he hatches a wild plan. In a remote Pennsylvania coal‑mining town, this off‑beat comedy follows Carla, a hippie, and Rupert, a teenage punk outsider. To escape their dead‑end lives they kidnap Rupert’s father for ransom, sparking chaotic misadventures.

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