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The Trip to Bountiful

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The Trip to Bountiful
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1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1985
Director:
Peter Masterson
Distributor:
C Logic
Starring:
Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn  ...more
Synopsis: 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 makes the acquaintance of young Rebecca DeMornay. The two women immediately hit it off, and their trip is a most pleasant one. ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG 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 Trip to Bountiful is one of the few films to examine the difficult ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Geraldine Page
Mrs. Watts
John Heard
Ludie Watts
Carlin Glynn
Jessie Mae
Richard Bradford
Sheriff
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