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In Country
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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bobbie Ann Mason (novel)
Frank Pierson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 September 1989 (USA) more
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The story of an American family.
Plot:
Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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Very true to Appalachia more (22 total)

Cast

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Bruce Willis ... Emmett Smith
Emily Lloyd ... Samantha Hughes

Joan Allen ... Irene
Kevin Anderson ... Lonnie

John Terry ... Tom
Peggy Rea ... Mamaw
Judith Ivey ... Anita
Daniel Jenkins ... Dwayne

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Pete

Jim Beaver ... Earl Smith
Richard Hamilton ... Grampaw
Heidi Swedberg ... Dawn
Ken Jenkins ... Jim Holly
Jonathan Hogan ... Larry

Patricia Richardson ... Cindy
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Runtime:
120 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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A full scale replica of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, one of the first replicas outside D.C., was built in Mayfield, as shooting on the Mall at that time was restricted. more
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I Never Felt Worse more

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Very true to Appalachia, 23 February 2002
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Author: jrappold from Huntington, WV

While many of the comments here have voiced distaste for Emily Lloyd's performance, I've found it , along with the Grandmother, to be very true to Appalachia...I taught many, many students who talked like Sam, and had her personality traits.

The people of Appalachia built this country by working the coal mines and steel mills, and in a very real sense never benefited in the wealth they helped create. In Country brings this out, by telling the story of of some of these people. During the Vietnam War, the press many times focused on either the heroic volunteer, or soldiers from our city ghettos, and left out the stories of the many men from rural areas who made sacrifices.

After having the film on Laserdisc for some time now, I recently saw it priced on DVD for $6.00. It IS an underrated film, and I challenge anyone not to choke up in the final scenes at the Vietnam War Memorial,

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