Salamander's Regrets

Salamander's Regrets is a 1990 Oscar nominated motion picture written and directed by Cameron Crowe starring Sean Connery, John Cusack, Chad Michael Murray, Kelly Preston, Cary Elwes, Adam Baldwin, Emilio Estevez, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Andre Braugher.

It concerns an old man attempting to repent for all the trouble he has caused to others in his life and experience all the fun things he wanted to do in his life which becomes possible with the help of a suicidal young 19 year old also despertatley in need of help, his young 10 year old brother and the 19 year old sister whom harbours something of a crush on the old man's drug suppliant.

Summary
It begins in Hackensack, New Jersey where we meet an old man named Morris Sancott whom has lived a life of almost complete loneliness, has almost no friends and has experienced almost no fun in his life.

He then by chance comes across three of his grandchildren whom then on the insistance of one attach themselves to him and follow him off throughout the city forcing him into fixing all the problems has caused in life to others and experiencing all the fun stuff he never got too.

Things become complicated as they discover him to be a drug addict and the 19 year old grandaughter takes interest to his drug dealer to which he takes interest back, the 19 year oldest grandson is a suicidal depressed unlucky in love man anyway whom also fixes his life by being forced to fix their lost grandfather's and the young 10 year old youngest grandson whom forced them along with him makes a connection with him and experiences first hand what it is like to have a loving father figure considering their father is a workaholic whom doesn't make much time for them.

Ultimatley the Grandfather passes away due to a heart attack and the three find themselves at their journey's end and time to return home.

They find upon coming home that both of their parent's had been worried sick and their father had sent out search parties and dropped everything to do with work just to make sure his kids were found.

Oldest son Salamander no longer is in a state of depression and had even experienced love with a woman he met along on their journey, the 19 year grandaughter learnt a lesson in being independant after the long fight out with the drug dealer whom she consequently fell for and the 10 year old youngest Salamander rushes forward and hugs his father asking if he could take off time the coming weekend to take them all fishing to which he agrees even though he contemplates work.

The mother then asks the kids as to where they were to which the oldest two struggle to tell but the 10 year youngest Salamander replies with: "We were with Grandpa."

The mother erupts into tears and rushes forward and hugs all four of them which ends the film.