scene, Lurene explains to Jonell that her father is coming back to take her home later that day. As Lurene leaves the group home, Paul arrives to pick up Jonell. They stop to talk and Lurene informs Paul that she and Ray are divorced. Paul and Lurene hug and Lurene drives away. However, Lurene turns her car around and rushes back into the group home to join Paul and Jonell. Cast Michelle Pfeiffer as Louise Irene "Lurene" Hallett Dennis Haysbert as Paul Cater Stephanie McFadden as Jonell, Paul's daughter Brian Kerwin as Ray Hallett, Lurene's husband Louise Latham as Mrs. Enright, Hazel's mother Peggy Rea as Mrs. Heisenbuttal, Lurene's neighbor Beth Grant as Hazel Enright, Lurene's boss Cooper Huckabee as Deputy Swinson Troy Evans as Lt. Galvan Mark Miller as Trooper Exley Pearl Jones as Mrs. Baker Rhoda Griffis as Jacqueline Kennedy Bob Gill as John F. Kennedy Nick Searcy as FBI man Joe Maggard as Redneck Production The film was partially filmed on location in Rocky Mount and Wilson, North Carolina, United States. Denzel Washington was attached to the role of Paul Cater, but was replaced by Dennis Haysbert just before filming commenced. The character of Lurene Hallett was based upon screenwriter Don Roos' own mother. Depictions of racism in the film Racism is prevalent throughout the film, as well as displays of discontent from the black community concerning Kennedy's efforts to improve race relations. Despite the efforts of the filmmakers to include the black perspective during this era, one critic complains that the black characters function "merely as analogies of oppression." Criticism aside, it is realistic in its portrayals of violence against Paul by white men, by Lurene, and by her husband, Ray. Historically, it relates to findings of the Kerner Commission from 1968. This commission found that "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." Love Field shows differing opinions about Kennedy in the white and black communities, represented respectively by Lurene and Paul, specifically through Lurene's naïve point of view. For example, in one interaction between Mrs. Enright and Paul, she states, "I don't know when we started killing people to solve things," and he responds, "I didn't know we stopped." Reception Although the film was made in 1990, Orion Pictures suffered crippling financial losses and filed for bankruptcy. It was not released until December 1992, in time for Oscar