See You in my Dreams (TV)

Aidan Quinn, Marcia Gay Harden and Will Estes star in this movie based on autobiographical short stories from the books Cruising Paradise and Motel Chronicles by Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard. Quinn plays Joe, an overwrought rancher who is striving to emerge from the shadow of his harsh upbringing and make a better life for himself and his family. When his business ideas falter, Joe, fearing he is going to lose his beautiful wife, Angela (Harden), to another man and set a bad example for his son, Ben (Estes), inadvertently begins driving a wedge between himself and the two people he loves most. Out of apprehension that Ben's life will follow the same futile path that his has, Joe forces him out of the house at the age of 15, breaking Angela's heart and deepening the already growing cracks in their marriage. Years later, with the encouragement of Ben's new wife, Ingrid (Jacinda Barrett), and the support of Joe's loyal friend, Esteban (Cheech Marin), Joe, Ben and Angela must decide how to bridge the gaps among them and face the consequences of unrealized dreams.