Here is another installment of Safe Harbor, The Movie
Part 8 of 10
"Safe Harbor" is a sound film with a solid cast.
Treat Williams and Nancy Travis star as Doug and Robbie Smith, a well-to-do couple about to embark on their long-planned retirement boating trip, only to have the rug pulled out from under them. It isn't the stock market that has robbed them of their vacation plans, but rather a family friend, Judge Roberts (Orson Bean), desperate to save a couple of juvenile cases from adult lock up.
The judge asks the couple to host Luke (Reiley McClendon) and David ("Frozen River's" Charlie McDermott) on their houseboat until room opens up for the kids at the juvenile-detention facility. The boys' infractions are relatively minor and lock-up in an adult facility would prove disastrous. Robbie and Doug reluctantly agree, and a third boy, Billy (Sam Jones III), is delivered as well.
Without any kind of plan or handbook, Doug puts his merchant marine experience to work and has the boys swabbing the deck and learning to sail. Luke is a slacker, but is soon motivated to impress the local girls with his newfound harbor skills while Billy's just content to have a safe place to stay after years of abuse. David is fairly agreeable, but, after his mother's drunken visit to the marina, he lashes out and destroys property. The wealthy marina community is none too happy to have delinquents in their midst, and social services, alerted by David's mother, complain of inadequate lodging and unsafe conditions for the boys. Despite initial setbacks, Robbie and Doug establish a secure environment for these kids to step back from their problems and take responsibility for their actions. When they realize how much the boys brighten their lives, they try to convince the court to keep their newfound arrangement in place.
This film is an homage to the real Safe Harbor program in Jacksonville, Florida,
Jerry Jameson directed this film that suggests unexpected change can bring equally unexpected opportunity -- lofty ideas that Williams and Travis manage to make believable.
Filmed in California by Daniel L. Paulson Prods. in association with Bright World. Executive producer, Daniel L. Paulson; co-executive producers, Josef Anderson, Jerry Jameson, Norton Wright; producers, Kyle Clark, Marta M. Mobley; director, Jerry Jameson; writer, Josef Anderson.
Doug Smith - Treat Williams
Robbie Smith - Nancy Travis
Luke - Reiley McClendon
David - Charlie McDermott
Billy - Sam Jones III
Judge Roberts - Orson Bean
Check your local listings for the rebroadcast of this wonderful movie on the Hallmark Channel
www.hallmarkchannel.com
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Safeharbor part 1by jdeleonnewyorkpe14,741 views
@babykitty84 i do have the same last name as Luke
babykitty84 1 year ago
hassleandhurrylife19---- you are very right the social work is a jackass.
kykykycole1 2 years ago
the social worker is a jackass... she doesn't give a damn about the children future.. she treat them like a real criminals
hassleandhurrylife19 2 years ago
i have the same last name as luke
babykitty84 2 years ago