Character mistake: Mr. Phillips told Michael (Danny) that he'd like him to apply for "early admission" to Julliard. Michael was a 17-year-old high school senior and had not yet auditioned for Julliard - the audition is to occur when a student his age is "entering 12th grade in the Fall of the academic year for which he is applying." It was too late to submit an application and an "early admission" was not possible at this point. (01:08:42)
Running on Empty (1988)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Judd Hirsch, River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Jonas Abry
Arthur, Annie, and Steven wait in their truck at the meeting spot for Danny to come after saying goodbye to Lorna. Danny pedals his bike up to the truck then hurriedly puts his bike into the truck's bed. Often forced to leave personal possessions behind, Arthur tells Danny to "get the bike out of the back", and Danny does so. Arthur tells Danny to get on his bike and go to Julliard, and that his mother has arranged things with his grandfather so he can stay. Arthur drives the truck in a circle around Danny and Steven yells out, "Bye, Danny!" Danny has tears of happiness and smiles as the truck drives away.
More mistakes in Running on Empty
Michael: They need me.
Lorna: I need you.
Trivia: There are a lot of misconceptions about palm trees. Two major assertions are: (1) palm trees are NOT trees and (2) palm trees are grasses. The latter might prefer to call palm trees "grass trees." The answer of what palm trees are lies in its categorization as a "monocotyledon plant" (monocot for short). Monocots are grass and grass-like plants whose seeds have ONE (mono) embryonic leaf. That does not make palm trees grasses - they are monocots, as are grasses, orchids, some grains (e.g, corn).
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