Fire with Fire

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Fire with Fire
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Directed by	Duncan Gibbins
Produced by	Gary Nardino
Written by	Bill Phillips Warren Skaaren Paul Boorstin Sharon Boorstin
Starring	Craig Sheffer Virginia Madsen Jon Polito J. J. Cohen Kate Reid
Music by	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Hiro Narita
Editing by	Peter E. Berger
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	May 9, 1986
Running time	103 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$4,636,000
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Fire with Fire is a 1986 romantic drama film about a young woman from a catholic school who runs away with an escapee from a nearby prison camp. The film stars Craig Sheffer and Virginia Madsen, was directed by Duncan Gibbins, and features a soundtrack by noted film composer Howard Shore. It has yet to be released in DVD format, and was marketed with the tagline "Two lovers. One chance. No time."

[edit] Plot summary

In this fact-based adolescent melodrama, Joe Fisk is a juvenile delinquent who falls in love with Lisa Taylor, a beautiful Catholic girl's school student in an Oregon forest. The two meet by accident when the troubled young man is out on a nature hike and sees the lovely girl floating in a small lake as she works on a photography assignment. The two are immediately drawn to each other, but neither of their schools encourage contact with the opposite sex and when their relationship is discovered there is trouble all around, forcing the young lovers to flee. The question then remains: will they be able to evade the law and other authorities long enough to find happiness?

[edit] Main cast

Actor	Role
Craig Sheffer	Joe Fisk
Virginia Madsen	Lisa Taylor
Jon Polito	Mr. Duchard, the Boss
J. J. Cohen	Myron, the "Mapmaker"
Kate Reid	Sister Victoria
Jean Smart	Sister Marie
Ann Savage	Sister Harriet
Tim Russ	Jerry Washington
David Harris	Ben Halsey
D. B. Sweeney	Thomas Baxter
Kari Wührer	Gloria