I saw this movie on TV when it first came out and it touched my life. It really hit home with me in so many ways. I think Mare Winningham is a great actress and I try to see everything she appears in. Ever since, I have been searching for it on video. I've checked the local video stores for any "Made for TV" movies hoping one day to come across it. I've even gone so far as to subscribe to TV Guide at one time and read through the movies section every week to see if it was ever going to air again. If anyone out there knows where I can get a copy of this, please post the information. It would be greatly appreciated. Even if it means having to contact the company that produced it . I'm sure there has to be some way
Plot summary
Teenager Libby Bellow begins soul-searching after becoming legally emancipated by her family and begins working on the road with a travelling carnival, in which Libby begins to think that happiness is at home, despite her personal conflict with her divorced mother.
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I wish I could see this again. I saw it when I was little and it made a huge impression on me. It was so well done. I remember there was singing and I really wanted Libby to be happy. It's been over 20 years and I still think about it.
I really, really like this movie!!!
Mare Winningham...what an actress! IMHO she is the most under-rated actress in Hollywood. She can act rings around most of the 40ish 'stars' out there. She can sing like an angel, too. I first saw her on The Gong Show of all places in about 1976 and a few years later when I started seeing her on MOW (movies of the week) I remembered her. Then when I watched this movie I realized what a terrific actress she is. She sings several songs in this movie and the opening one (I think the name of it is "On My Way To Me" by Janis Ian) is truly a beautiful song. Her character of Libby is much more multi-faceted than the usual teenage runaway was portrayed back in the late 70s/early 80s. Mare is great in every scene and very believable as a teenager trying to sort out her life. I try to see everything she is in. She's that good an actress. Try to catch the movie Georgia from 1995 - she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The soundtrack from that movie is great. Freedom is very hard to find. I don't think it has been released on video. I watched it again for the first time in 20 years at the Museum of TV and Radio in NYC. Go there and watch this in a viewing booth and see what a great actress Mare Winningham is.