City of Hope Welcome to the American city. You buy your way in and you fight your way out. Who says it's a free country? Release date: 1991-10-11 Genres: Drama Actors: Chris Cooper, Lawrence Tierney, Tony Lo Bianco, Miriam Colon, Michael Newman, Gloria Foster, Marianne Leone Cooper, Bill Raymond, Jamie Tirelli, Gina Gershon, Joe Morton, Barbara Williams, Tony Denison, David Strathairn, Todd Graff, Angela Bassett, Daryl Edwards, Ray Aranha, Kevin Tighe, Vincent Spano, Rose Gregorio, Michael Mantell, Tom Wright, Frankie Faison, Joe Grifasi, John Griesemer, Scott Schutzman Tiler, Steven Randazzo, Jude Ciccolella, Stephen Mendillo, Olga Merediz, Bernard Canepari, Josh Mostel, Louis Zorich, Tony Davis, Lare Roberts, Blair Shannon, Randle Mell, Jon Farris, Dale Carman, Eileen Lynch, Ginny Yang, Jon DeVries, Bob North, Jojo Smollett, Charlie Yanko, S.J. Lang, Maeve Kinkead, Serafin Jovet, Shake Dua Direction: Jace Alexander, John Sayles, Sandy McLeod Production: Maggie Renzi Runtime: 2 h. 9 min. Score: 6.7/10 Votes: 34 Countries: United States of America Companies: Esperanza Films Inc., The Samuel Goldwyn Company Available* : Overview: This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.