On the big screen: The Longest Ride
Starring: Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda and Oona Chaplin
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Director: George Tillman Jr.
Luke was a champion bull rider, but after a fall that put him in the hospital, he had to stop competing.
Now, with the possibility that he and his mother could lose their ranch, he has to get back into the sport to earn enough money to pay the bills, even though another bad fall will likely kill him.
He meets Sophia, a college student who will soon be heading to New York to begin her new career.
They fall in love, but with them both heading in opposite directions they don’t know where their relationship stands.
While driving, they come across Ira, an elderly man whose car veered off the road, trapping him inside.
He shares his memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife, which deeply inspires the young couple.