The Trip to Bountiful
Summary:
Adapted by Horton Foote from his own television play, A Trip to Bountiful is set in 1947 Houston. Forced by circumstances to live her loathsome son (John Heard) and daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn), elderly Geraldine Page wants nothing more out of life than to return to her home town of Bountiful. Escaping from her family's clutches, Page boards a bus to Bountiful, where she... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Geraldine Page - (Mrs. Watts)
John Heard - (Ludie Watts)
Carlin Glynn - (Jessie Mae)
Richard Bradford - (Sheriff)
Rebecca De Mornay - (Thelma)
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Review:
Geraldine Page's Oscar-winning lead performance was as much a surprise as the success of this sleeper of a movie, first seen on television in 1953 with Lillian Gish. Homespun playwright Horton Foote got an Oscar nomination for his adaptation of his own play about an elderly woman on a bus ride home to the town where she was raised. The T... Continue >>
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