Word: boondock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think of Duluth as a small town, and by anyone's objective definition--well, anyone who doesn't live in New York City--it isn't. Subconsciously, I characterized Duluth as some kind of ultimate Midwestern boondock and it isn't. Duluth has an airport, regular plane service, modest but established symphony and ballet troupes as well as a fairly sizable university. There are many places much smaller and much further off the beaten track than Duluth...
Back Roads is the kind of movie that no one actually needs: another retelling of a kind of boondock fairy tale everyone has heard too often. On the other hand, it could turn out to be a movie that quite a few people will want to go to once the word gets around that Sally Field is at her most winning in the leading role...