Shadrach
Summary:
Susanna Styron made her feature directorial debut with this family drama, an adaptation of a 1978 short story by her father, novelist William Styron (Sophie's Choice). Paul Whitehurst (voice of Martin Sheen) recalls Depression-era events in Tidewater, Virginia, when he was ten years old. In the summer of 1935, lonely young Paul (Scott Terra), with his strict father (Darrell... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Harvey Keitel - (Vernon)
Andie MacDowell - (Trixie)
John Franklin Sawyer - (Shadrach)
Scott Terra - (Paul)
Daniel Treat - (Little Mole)
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Review:
Shadrach is one of those quiet little stories that would never have caught enough attention to get filmed -- if it weren't made possible by a daughter paying homage to her father. There isn't much plot to William Styron's short story: a 99-year-old former slave makes a pilgrimage to his birthplace in order to die there, and the descendants of... Continue >>
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