Harry & Son is a 1984 American drama film directed by Paul Newman. The screenplay by Newman and Ronald Buck focuses on the relationship between a blue-collar worker and his son, a car wash employee who aspires to be a writer.
Widower Harry Keach is a macho construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living, and he takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle, devoted to a dead end par...
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Harry & Son is a 1984 American drama film directed by Paul Newman. The screenplay by Newman and Ronald Buck focuses on the relationship between a blue-collar worker and his son, a car wash employee who aspires to be a writer.
Widower Harry Keach is a macho construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living, and he takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle, devoted to a dead end part-time job, surfing, and hot tubbing while he dreams of becoming the next Ernest Hemingway. Harry also has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina because he dislikes her wimpy life insurance salesman husband.
When intense headaches and impaired vision cause Harry to lose control of the wrecking ball on his crane, he loses his job, and his weakened condition and loss of income leave him feeling inadequate, although he refuses to work in his brother Tom's military surplus store. He spends some of his free time visiting his widowed...
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