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The River (1984 film)
1984 film directed by Mark Rydell
The River (1984 film)
The River is a 1984 American Southern Gothic drama film directed by Mark Rydell and starring Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson (in his American film debut), and Scott Glenn. Set in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians countryside of East Tennessee, the film is about a farm couple and their children who struggle to operate their multi-generational family farm along the banks of a river prone to flooding destroying their crops. Considered by Rydell to be a tribute to the vanishing American family farm, The River was the last of a trio of "farm films" released by Hollywood in 1984, with the others being Country and Places in the Heart. All three films shared themes of a family's devotion to their farm, the destructive force of nature, an unsympathetic bureaucracy, and a determined woman who binds her family together. The River was theatrically released on December 19, 1984, by Universal Pictures. It was a box office failure and received mixed reviews, with critics praising Spacek and Glenn's performances...
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