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Director:
Susanna Styron
Writers (WGA):
William Styron (short story)
Susanna Styron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 September 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Martin Sheen ... Narrator (voice)
John Franklin Sawyer ... Shadrach
Scott Terra ... Paul
Ginnie Randall ... Virginia
Darrell Larson ... Father
Deborah Hedwall ... Mother

Jonathan Parks Jordan ... Middle Mole
Erin Underwood ... Lucinda
Alice Rogers ... Cloris

Monica Bugajski ... Edmonia
Daniel Treat ... Little Mole

Andie MacDowell ... Trixie

Michael Ruff ... Smut

Muse Watson ... Captain
Doug Chancey ... Dock Worker
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and brief sexuality.
Runtime:
89 min | France:98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Harvey Keitel and Martin Sheen learned their accents for this film from James L.W. West, while Andie MacDowell, who is a native Southerner, developed her own accent. Keitel spent most of a day talking with West and taping his speech. Sheen later listened to these tapes. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The film is set in 1935. When Paul walks into the house past his father and up the stairs (at the beginning of the film), a smoke detector is visible on the ceiling at the bottom of the stairs. more
Soundtrack:
I Want Jesus to Walk With Me more

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Very Nice, 10 March 2000
Author: BW-15 from Richmond, Virginia

A great movie based on the short story by William Styron, himself a native of the Virginia Tidewater, where the movie and story take place. I found the film very moving and accurate in its depiction of eastern Virginia during the Depression era-Styron based the short story on an actual childhood experience of his. Also I found the scenery and way in which it was composed especially noteworthy. The setting was just perfect and outstanding in every regard (ancient Live Oak and Cypress trees). All in all, a very good film, good effort was put into it and it shows.

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