Northfork Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Mark Polish, Michael Polish
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
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What was once a brave frontier town has become a haven for enlightened oddballs in this unusual drama from director Michael_Polish, written in collaboration with his twin brother, Mark_Polish. Northfork is a small town in Montana which, in 1955, is soon to disappear in the name of progress; a massive hydroelectric dam is to be put in nearby, which will flood the entire village. A group of six men sent by the power company -- led by Walter O'Brien (James_Woods) and his son Willis (Mark_Polish) -- arrive in Northfork to evacuate the few remaining residents. If the men are successful, they'll each be given parcels of land on the banks of the new lake which will be where Northfork once stood. Most of the townspeople have already left, but a few remain, among them Father Harlan (Nick_Nolte), a man of the cloth who is caring for Irwin (Duel_Farnes), a strange, scarred boy apparently on his deathbed, and a handful of enchanted eccentrics who have taken over a local bar, including Flower Hercules (Daryl_Hannah), Cup of Tea (Robin_Sachs), Happy (Anthony_Edwards), and Cod (Ben_Foster). As Walter and Willis try to persuade the stubborn stragglers to move on, Walter must search for a new final resting place for his late wife, whose coffin is the last to be relocated after Northfork's cemetery is dug up. Northfork received its world premier at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Mark Deming, Rovi
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