Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 02/23/1999
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 124 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
This socially conscious family farm drama from director
Mark Rydell was his follow up to the Oscar-winning
On Golden Pond (1981).
Mel Gibson and
Sissy Spacek star as Tom and Mae Garvey, struggling Tennessee farmers constantly one step away from foreclosing. Their farm sits next to a river that both nourishes their land and constantly threatens to overflow its banks and destroy their crops. The Garveys sell some of their equipment for obscenely low prices at a foreclosure auction, at which some of their neighbors are forced to give up everything they own. The stoic Tom takes a job as a scab at a mill where the union workers are striking. Meanwhile, Mae has a platonic flirtation with local bank manager Joe (
Scott Glenn), who saves her life when she's trapped under a heavy piece of farm equipment. Tom's homecoming is cut short by a flood, but the raging waters allow him to become a hero to his family again.
The River was the third in a trio of dramas depicting the plight of the American family farmer released that same year.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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