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Wild River (1960) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Elia Kazan

Written By:
Borden Deal (novel) and
William Bradford Huie (novel) ...

Actors:
Montgomery Clift ..... Chuck Glover
Lee Remick ..... Carol Garth Baldwin
Jo Van Fleet ..... Ella Garth
Albert Salmi ..... Hank Bailey
Jay C. Flippen ..... Hamilton Garth (as J.C. Flippen)
James Westerfield ..... Cal Garth
Barbara Loden ..... Betty Jackson
Frank Overton ..... Walter Clark
Malcolm Atterbury ..... Sy Moore

Synopsis:

Filmed on location in the Tennessee Valley, Wild River is set in the early 1930s. Montgomery Clift plays an idealistic TVA agent, assigned to convince the locals to move from their property so that a beneficial dam can be built. The principal holdout is feisty octogenarian Jo Van Fleet, who refuses to budge from her land, convinced that she will die if she ever gives an inch. Her prophecy turns out to be true, as Van Fleet becomes yet another sacrifice to progress. Clift also runs into opposition because of his fair treatment of the local black population. Lee Remick costars as Van Fleet's granddaughter, who comes to love and understand the sensitive Clift. Some dated fuzzy-headed liberalism aside, Wild River is a masterful recreation of a difficult, complex period in American history. Watch for an uncredited Bruce Dern in his film debut.

A young field administrator (Montgomery Clift) for the TVA comes to rural Alabama to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of an elderly woman from her home on an island in the River, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 21 October, 2009.

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