OHMS

TV Movie
1980
2h

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Ralph White plays Floyd Wing, a conservative Midwest farmer who rallies his neighbors against a power company who plans to use their land to erect huge towers across the area. Floyd then tur... Read allRalph White plays Floyd Wing, a conservative Midwest farmer who rallies his neighbors against a power company who plans to use their land to erect huge towers across the area. Floyd then turns to Jack Coker (David Birney) a schoolteacher and political activist who agrees to help ... Read allRalph White plays Floyd Wing, a conservative Midwest farmer who rallies his neighbors against a power company who plans to use their land to erect huge towers across the area. Floyd then turns to Jack Coker (David Birney) a schoolteacher and political activist who agrees to help Floyd organize an effective bloc.

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6.1/10

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4User reviews

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8lightninboy

Ohms means resistance.

Once upon a time, there was a Midwestern farming community named Freedom Plains. Everybody was happy there living off the fat of the land. Then one day a power company announced it was going to string a million-volt powerline over the top of it. The people didn't like the idea. But this is a modern industrialized society and powerlines are considered necessary, and the power company and the government wouldn't stop the powerline construction. The people sabotaged the construction. Somebody came up with a brilliant idea: they could construct a powerline tower over the Governor's house! Surely he would see things from their point of view then! Oh, will they construct it without getting caught? Oh, would the Governor indeed stop the powerline construction? Watch and find out, if you can ever find this movie. This movie captures the spirit of the 1970s Midwest at the county level. It was filmed in Ohio, but at about the same time, there was a similar situation near Lowry, Minnesota.

7wombat_1

Not a piece of "resistance", but an OK movie.

A good representative of an "environment" movie of the 1980s, and of "the little people" against the "big bad corporations". Moves along very well, tells its moral, leaves quietly. Not a "signifcant" movie, nor a total waste of time: pleasantly entertaining. How the farmers made such a beautiful model of the cable tower in such a short time is a little difficult to believe; but hey, that's a minor point. The pun in the name of the movie is rather clever. You'll have to see the movie youself if you can't work it out from here.

This is the first time I ever saw Leslie Nielsen in a serious role; he was OK.

bronx_shadow27

My brush with OHMS

I was part of this movie! I got to school and they called the band members to the band room. We got on a bus and ended up at the location where one of the scenes were being shot. We got to be part of the crowd along the street during a parade or something. It was really cool to be a part of a movie. Several scenes were shot around that area. That day, I got to meet.... Ralph Waite, Dixie Carter, Meridith Baxter-Birney, David Birney, Cameron Mitchell

Good memories. I wish I could see this movie again. It was on television, but I have never heard of it being on again since then. The movie was really good, and I'm not sure why it hasn't been released on DVD or video.