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Release Date:
24 January 1986 (USA)
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Plot:
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with...
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Escape
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Houston Texas
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Bus
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1940s
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Self Discovery
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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5 nominations
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(3 articles)
'Dividing the Estate' to open REPaloud play-reading series at Tennessee Rep
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 11 October 2009, 1:33 PM, PDT)
Foote's The Trip To Bountiful Lands In Michigan 3/18-4/12
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 18 March 2009, 10:32 AM, PDT)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 11 October 2009, 1:33 PM, PDT)
Foote's The Trip To Bountiful Lands In Michigan 3/18-4/12
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 18 March 2009, 10:32 AM, PDT)
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Magnificent!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Geraldine Page | ... | Mrs. Carrie Watts | |
| John Heard | ... | Ludie Watts | |
| Carlin Glynn | ... | Jessie Mae | |
| Richard Bradford | ... | Sheriff | |
| Rebecca De Mornay | ... | Thelma | |
| Kevin Cooney | ... | Roy | |
| Norman Bennett | ... | First Bus Ticket Man | |
| Harvey Lewis | ... | Second Bus Ticket Man | |
| Kirk Sisco | ... | Train Ticket Agent | |
| Dave Tanner | ... | Billy Davis | |
| Gil Glasgow | ... | Stationmaster Gerard | |
| Mary Kay Mars | ... | Rosella | |
| Wezz Tildon | ... | Bus Passenger | |
| Peggy Ann Byers | ... | Downstairs Neighbor | |
| David Romo | ... | Mexican Man |
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108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Singapore:PG |
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Australia:G |
Finland:S |
Portugal:M/6 |
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USA:PG |
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The Broadway production of "A Trip To Bountiful" by Horton Foote opened at Henry Miller's Theater on November 3, 1953 running 309 performances and starring Lillian Gish, Gene Lyons, Jo Van Fleet and Eva Marie Saint. Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint recreated their roles from the original teleplay broadcast on NBC on March 1, 1953.
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Errors in geography: While Mother Watts is at the bus stop you see the bus approach. The head-sign says Montrose, which is just west of downtown Houston. If you look at the terrain, it is sloped not true rolling hills, but still somewhat hilly. Houston is flat as a board. These hills are reminiscent of the Dallas/Irvine area.
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Mrs. Carrie Watts:
I don't know of anything prettier, than a scissortail flyin' through the sky!
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers (#7.9)" (1994)
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Softly and Tenderly
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I came back to read my original review of "The Trip to Bountiful" after I viewed the film again the other night. I read the other accounts of the movie and I couldn't help by get very emotional reading the words of praise for Geraldine Page's memorable performance.
The night she won the Oscar was big news in New York, where she lived and taught. One news program's crew visited a cafe where Miss Page's students were watching the ceremonies on tv. When F. Murray Abraham opened the envelope and said, "...and the winner is the greatest actress.." her students began to scream and cry BEFORE her name was called. They KNEW who had won, and so did I. I wept right along with them, just as I had done when I, a former actor, realized that very few actors would ever reach her level of artistry.
I watched "Bountiful" over and over in disbelief. Her scenes on the bus with Rebecca de Mornay were wonderful and very touching. I kept wondering HOW did she prepared herself for this?!!! When she rode, with the Sheriff through what was left of Bountiful and uttered, "My God, will you look at Bountiful..." Her walk through the old house and her gaze as she looked at the land, the trees and the birds reminded me of a visit to the old country town of my childhood, reminding me that everywhere I've ever been is still there, perhaps in a different form, but it's still there.
The reason that she got that standing ovation from the Academy Awards audience, is that it was appropriate to honor greatness and that the Oscar was going to an actor that TRULY deserved to win.
In an age that Oscars are won for okay performances, when, in other years, Oscars were truly given to deserving achievements, AND, the competition was much, much stronger.
I cannot recommend this picture more. For any aspiring actor that wants to set a goal standard for greatest, he or she must see this performance.