Best movie of this year hands down!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Leonard Hatch (Martin Sheen), a fugitive mental patient, kidnaps Doris Mae Withers (Linda Blair), a semi-illiterate farm girl, and takes her away to his remote mountain cabin. There the poetic Leonard becomes her teacher, friend, and lover. The story however is weird because it really doesn't cover what this young lady is going through and that's "Stockholm Syndrome"Entertaining but cringe worthy at the same time!

I watched this movie many moons ago and enjoyed it very much. In todays standards it probably would not rate but even if I saw it today I would still love it, wish I could buy the movie on DVD. This movie is for the romantics at heart! It starts off strange and mean and the whole time your rooting for linda blair character to get away, but towards the middle you find yourself wanting them to get along and be together. Martin sheens character is very strange, but towards the end you love him and understand him. Even though he's supposed to be crazy you want to be like him because he sees the world differently, a kinder world until the end.

In her second tv movie performance.Ms.Blair plays another tough character.Whose hard edge demenor is changed by a misunderstood mential patient.In this tv movie adaptation of the book:"Welcome To Xanadu".An escapee from a Boston,Ma.mential hospital"Lenny Hatch"(Martin Sheen)heads for New Mexico.Where he captures a teenage farm girl:"Doris Mae Withers"(Ms.Blair).At first,Ms.Blair is perturbed at being held prisoner by this nut.But after a time..she begins to see this supposedly unstable man as a charming..well educated,funny but confused person.Who is more suspicious of authoritative people rather than being a threat to anyone.He not only teaches Mr.Blair's ignorant farm girl basic lessions.He also shows her how to love people and how to love herself.Both Ms.Blair and Mr.Sheen give the best performances of their careers.It's too bad that they didn't get another chance to work again.One can only imagine what those two can do onscreen now?

I saw this film over 25 years ago I was very young, but it left a deep impression in my heart, this was a very touching movie that stayed with me for all these years, I only saw this movie that one time, but I never forgot about it, I did however forget the name of the movie, but I never forget the two main characters; Linda Blair and Martin Sheen they were absolutely fabulous. Why did they not make more movies together. I will always keep this movie in my memories. I hope to see it again soon as would like to have a copy of my own to watch whenever I want. Sweet Hostage was and still is Sweet Brilliance!!!!.