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The River [DVD] [] [1996] [Region 1]

  • PG-13
  • DVD
  • 1 disc
  • Region 1 USA/CA (info)
  • In this powerful film about the fragility of the American dream, Mae and Tom Garvey (Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson) are farmers at a time (the mid-1980s) when bankers, real-estate agents, and nature itself threaten to destroy their way of life. When the local river floods and nearly destroys the farms around it, hardship hits the area. The Garveys are also at odds with the local power authority and one of its chief officers, Joe Wade (Scott Glenn), who has plans to build a dam and flood the land for a hydroelectric project. Though the family stoically attempts to continue working its farm, massive debts and a poor season finally force Tom Garvey to accept a low-paying factory job as a scab. As they struggle to keep going, Wade hovers vulturelike over the Garvey farm, waiting for its demise. Director Mark Rydell's THE RIVER is a truly beautiful, subtly heartwrenching, and unique film that captures the seldom-seen pleasures of living and growing up in an endangered world--that of the family farm. When the Garveys and their children work the land and tend the animals proudly and happily, their sun-drenched farm seems like paradise.

    Academy Awards Best Sound Effects Editing 1984

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  • Additional Info
    Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 20427

  • Credits
    Sissy Spacek, Mary Elizabeth Spacek, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, David Hart
  • Critic Reviews
    "...THE RIVER offers many fine moments and several strong performances....[The] photography is a joy to watch..."
    Variety

    "...[With] extraordinary cinematography: nobody can shoot a twilight sky or a water-soaked field quite like Vilmos Zsigmond..."
    Sight and Sound

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