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23 September 1998 (USA) morePlot:
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Very Nice more (21 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Rated PG-13 for language and brief sexuality.Parents Guide:
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89 min | France:98 minCountry:
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Wilmington, North Carolina, USAFun Stuff
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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. moreGoofs:
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. moreSoundtrack:
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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.