Michael Pate

Tim (Mel Gibson) is a young man with below average intelligence. After he begins to work at his friend Mary's house, people become suspicious of their growing relationship and accuse Mary of taking advantage of Tim's innocence.

Tim -- Mary Horton, a lonely middle-aged American career woman, hires a handsome, mildly retarded young handyman named Tim. At first keeping her distance, Mary is drawn closer to Tim as time passes. When Tim's mother dies, Mary becomes his surrogate mother, a relationship that deepens into romantic love. Tim's older sister resents Mary's 'intrusion' into their lives, but his Ron blesses the relationship, realizing that it is beneficial to both parties.

MARTIJN (Ryan Phillippe), an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with AHMAT (Laurence Fishburne), trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate.

A look at what happened to Custer and his troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and forced into retirement. Fueled by ambition when a senator convinces him to run for president, Custer decides to upstage General Terry at Little Big Horn.