Tender Mercies
by Bruce Beresford
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Actor: Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin, Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Wilford BrimleyDirector: Bruce Beresford
Producer: Robert Duvall
Cinematographer: Russell Boyd
Editor: William M. Anderson
Producer: Horton Foote
Writer: Horton Foote
Producer: Mary-Ann Hobel
Producer: Philip Hobel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-16
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of Tender Mercies
Movie Review: 2nd time
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know how I missed this movie when it first came out, but it was such a surprise to me when I finally watched it. Not being a fan of country music may have made me hesitant, but enjoyed this movie the first time I watched it (through Netflix on my computer) and ordered a DVD for my home collection and one for my sister so we could watch it together and she could take one home with her. Every time I have watched it I like it better. This movie has launched several of us into long discussions of "what makes a successful life". Wonderful movie that hasn't become dated with time.
Summary of Tender Mercies
Robert duvall stars as mac sledge an alcoholic drifter who comes into the life of a lonely widow and her young son in the barren flatlands of texas. But when mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer he must confront a painful past that includes his bitter superstar ex-wife. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 04/16/2002 Starring: Robert Duvall Betty Buckley Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Bruce BeresfordSometimes everything comes together in a movie and it becomes something so much greater than the sum of its parts that it can only be described as a miracle. That's the case with Tender Mercies, a quietly luminous character piece about an alcoholic, washed-up country singer named Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall in an Oscar-winning performance) who hits bottom in a motel room one night and then slowly finds his way back into the land of the living with the help of the widow (Tess Harper) and her young son. It's a low-key, contemplative film that feels like a rural American family comedy in the vein of the great Japanese director, Yasujiro Ozu. Tender Mercies was directed by Australian Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Breaker Morant), written by Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird), who won an Oscar for his screenplay, and has an unbeatable cast. This is one of Duvall's most intimate and deeply personal performances, matched only by his debut 14 years later as actor-writer-director in The Apostle. --Jim Emerson
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