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The River (1984)
Directed by Mark Rydell
“He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?”
Drama · 2h 02m
Tom 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
Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn
Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley
S
Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey
B
Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
B
Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin
L
Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin
L
Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley
Crew
- Director
- Mark Rydell
- Screenplay
- Julian Barry, Robert Dillon
- Director of Photography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Original Music Composer
- John Williams
- Editor
- Sidney Levin
- Producer
- Robert Cortes, Edward Lewis
Details
- Release date
- 1984-12-01
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Box office
- $11,500,000