Poster from TMDB
Conrack
Sign in to saveConrack is a 1974 American drama film based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role, alongside Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Hume Cronyn and Antonio Fargas. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on March 15, 1974.
Film · TMDB
6.8A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.
Cast
- Jon Voight as Pat Conroy
- Paul Winfield as Mad Billy
- Madge Sinclair as Mrs. Scott
- Tina Andrews as Mary
- Antonio Fargas as Quickfellow
- Ruth Attaway as Edna
Themes
- island
- south carolina
- teacher
- school
- racism
- gullah
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
2,414 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 3 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Film.name
- Conrack
- Film.image
- conrack1974.jpg
- Film.caption
- 1974 Promotional Poster for Conrack
- Film.director
- Martin Ritt
- Film.producer
- Martin RittHarriet Frank Jr.
- Film.screenplay
- Harriet Frank Jr.Irving Ravetch
- Film.music
- John Williams
- Film.cinematography
- John A. Alonzo
- Film.editing
- Frank Bracht
- Film.distributor
- 20th Century Fox
- Film.runtime
- 106 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $2.37 million
- Film.gross
- $2 million (rentals)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 990263
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 1974-01-01
- title
- Conrack
- review score
- 71%
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Release
- See also
- References
- External links
Conrack is a 1974 American drama film based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role, alongside Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Hume Cronyn and Antonio Fargas. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on March 15, 1974.
The novel was remade as The Water Is Wide in 2006, a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie starring Jeff Hephner and Alfre Woodard.