The River (Widescreen Edition)
by Mark Rydell
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Actor: Becky Jo Lynch, Mel Gibson, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, Sissy SpacekDirector: Mark Rydell
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
Editor: Sidney Levin
Producer: Edward Lewis
Producer: Robert Cortes
Writer: Julian Barry
Writer: Robert Dillon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-02-23
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The River (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Mel Gibson fights The River all through this one!
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie is top-excellent and of great quality with the acting throughout the entire film. I read the reviews before buying this flick and I was astonished at some of the feedback on this movie. One four-star rating attacks Gibson's character, especially due to his nonreaction to being spat on by a striking worker due to his part as a "scab" at a factory. Did you really expect Mel Gibson to act like his character on "Braveheart" and try to impale the character that spat on him? He's playing a character that obviously has little tolerance to fight back because of it. Obviously, his family is at hard times and he simply saw that there was little difference between himself and the strikers. They're all just trying to keep their families afloat, is all. Mel Gibson played a terrific part in this movie and he was brilliant in every scene.
The movie has a lot to do with the 1980's recession that is plaguing farms throughout the state of Tennessee, not to mention the constant flooding of the river that is threatening to wash away everything that the farmers worked hard for. The movie was very realistic and I could easily watch it a thousand times over. 5 stars all the way!
Summary of The River (Widescreen Edition)
An independent farm family must fight against the local power authorities when they plan to flood the couples land to make way for a hydroelectric project. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/28/2004 Starring: Mel Gibson Sissy Spacek Run time: 124 minutes Rating: Pg13Similar DVD Movies
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