Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Geraldine Page

Jane Fonda gives an Emmy-winning performance as Gertie Nevels, a pioneer woman and the mother of five from the Kentucky hills who is forced to uproot her children to follow her husband Clovis (Levon H...( read more  read more... )elm) to Detroit when he finds work during World War II. One setback follows another and shattering tragedy strikes the family. It's all up to Girtie to find new strength, courage and determination to keep her family together and strong.

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Directed by: Daniel Petrie Sr

Release Date: May 13, 1984

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DVD Release Date: June 11, 1992

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  • July 5, 2009
    I will NOT see a Movie that has this Commie, Traitor, BITCH in it.
    They don't have a LOW enough rating for her.
    She can rot in the Hanoi Hilton, for what she did to Our troops during Vietnam.

    BURN BITCH, BURN
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • January 10, 2008
    very good. very sad. you will cry buckets of tears on this one.
  • December 5, 2007
    Jane Fonda is good in everything she has starred in, but in this film she portrays an undereducated hillbilly of sorts during the depression era. It is a statement proclaming how creativity, faith and resourcefulness can save the human spirit and condition...
  • August 15, 2007
    A family in Kentucky during the second World War decides to move to Detroit, where the husband has a job working in one of the plants there. Of course, they know nothng about city life and try to adjust to it. ALong the way, some hard things come in the way, but I really loved th...( read more)e way Fonda and her costar interacted with each other. Very good film.
  • June 30, 2007
    Fonda is good, the film is not.
  • May 18, 2007
    My alltime favorite movie.
    Sad,touching movie

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