Blue River

In the small Wisconsin town of Blue River, secrets run deep. And for Henry Howland (Sam Elliot), high school principal and repressive moral beacon of his community, they are about to explode in a shocking series of events that will shatter the smooth surface of his life forever. Because when Howland seduces and abandons fragile single-mother Mrs. Sellers (Susan Dey), her hot-tempered but wildly brilliant son Lawrence (Jerry O'Connell) begins a systematic campaign to repay him in kind, striking out at his softest spots, destroying him bit-by-bit. And when a young boy is unjustly accused of setting a rash of mysterious fires, the tragic results burn away at the hypocrisy one man used to hold a community hostage--and ignite the truth that will set a troubled family free.