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The River is a 1984 American drama film directed by Mark Rydell. The screenplay is in English, with Vilmos Zsigmond serving as director of photography and John Williams composing the score. The production was handled by Universal Pictures, which also distributed the film via video on demand and through Netflix. The narrative is set in Tennessee.
The cast includes Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, and James Tolkan. The film has a runtime of 122 or 124 minutes and was released in 1984 and 1985. It received nominations for Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound.
Financial details indicate a budget of 18,000,000 and revenue of 11,500,000. Critical reception includes a review score of 5.7 out of 10 and 27%, alongside an IMDb rating of 6.3 and a TMDb vote average of 6.356. The film’s tagline asks if the protagonist can hold back the greed of man.
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Film · TMDB
6.4Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Tom Garvey
- Sissy Spacek as Mae Garvey
- Scott Glenn as Joe Wade
- Billy Green Bush as Harve Stanley
- Shane Bailey as Lewis Garvey
- Becky Jo Lynch as Beth Garvey
Themes
- river
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Mark Rydell
- Cast member
- Jack Starrett
- Composer
- John Williams
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Narrative location
- Tennessee
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 444345
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1985-03-08
- title
- The River
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 27%
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