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, Tony Lo Bianco, Lawrence Tierney, Gloria Foster, Michael Newman, Miriam Colon, Bill Raymond, Jamie Tirelli, Gina Gershon, Marianne Leone Cooper, Joe Morton, Barbara Williams, Tony Denison, David Strathairn, Angela Bassett, Todd Graff, Daryl Edwards, Ray Aranha, Kevin Tighe, Frankie Faison, Rose Gregorio, Vincent Spano, Michael Mantell, Tom Wright, Jude Ciccolella, John Griesemer, Scott Schutzman Tiler, Steven Randazzo, Joe Grifasi, Josh Mostel, Stephen Mendillo, Tony Davis, Bernard Canepari, Olga Merediz, Lare Roberts, Randle Mell, Louis Zorich, Blair Shannon, Jon Farris, Eileen Lynch, Dale Carman, 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.