The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
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Adapted by Horton Foote from his own television play, A Trip to Bountiful is set in 1947 Houston. Forced by circumstances to live her loathsome son (John Heard) and daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn), elderly Geraldine Page wants nothing more out of life than to return to her home town of Bountiful.… More Adapted by Horton Foote from his own television play, A Trip to Bountiful is set in 1947 Houston. Forced by circumstances to live her loathsome son (John Heard) and daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn), elderly Geraldine Page wants nothing more out of life than to return to her home town of Bountiful. Escaping from her family's clutches, Page boards a bus to Bountiful, where she makes the acquaintance of young Rebecca DeMornay. The two women immediately hit it off, and their trip is a most pleasant one. Eventually, sheriff Richard Bradford, ordered to find Page and bring her back to her family, catches up with the old woman just 12 miles from Bountiful. Feeling sorry for Page, Bradford permits her to complete her sentimental journey, even though he knows full well that Bountiful is now a ghost town of empty ruins and dilapidated shacks. It doesn't matter, though: Page sees Bountiful just as it was when she left it, and for the first time in years she is truly happy and at peace with herself. After several near-misses, Geraldine Page finally won an Academy Award for A Trip to Bountiful (incidentally, the original TV production, which still exists in kinescope form, starred Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- PG, 1 hr. 42 min.
- Directed By
- Peter Masterson
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Dec 20, 1985 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 12, 2005
- Studio
- Nelson Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
In this small, sharply observed tale from Horton Foote, the great Geraldine Page plays an elderly widow, who longs to go back to her idyllic small-town roots; shapeless, the film is mostly a showcase for its actors.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Revolves around the yearning an elderly woman has to visit the farmstead where she grew up and raised her own family.
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Cast
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Geraldine Pageas Mrs. Watts -
John Heardas Ludie Watts -
Carlin Glynnas Jessie Mae
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Richard Bradfordas Sheriff -
Rebecca De Mornayas Thelma -
Kevin Cooneyas Roy
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