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Overview

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5.8/10   477 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John Ehle (book)
Carol Sobieski (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 April 1989 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A passion so strong it kills.
Plot:
A young widower moves with his daughter into a North Carolina mountain town in 1934. He quickly takes up with a young woman with an illegitimate baby... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Kurt Russell ... Wayland Jackson

Kelly McGillis ... Collie Wright

Lloyd Bridges ... William Wright

Mitch Ryan ... Drury Campbell (as Mitchell Ryan)
Jeffrey Meek ... Cole Campbell

Don Michael Paul ... Young Wright
Lanny Flaherty ... Gudger Wright
Eileen Ryan ... Annie Wright
Amelia Burnette ... Paula Jackson
David Dwyer ... Milton Wright
Bill Gribble ... Skeet Campbell
Wallace Merck ... Harmon Campbell
Walter Averitt
Dashiell Coleman ... Jonathan Wright
Barbara Freeman
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Runtime:
110 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Australia:M | West Germany:12 (f) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

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Wonderful Story, 29 April 2006
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Author: skeeter70 from United States

I live here where they filmed the movie and I thought it was wonderful, the story was a wonderful setting for a romance and I thought the way they met and grew to love one another was outstanding. Even though the murder took place it showed what all they were willing to sacrifice for love. The way the family takes him in as a part of them at the beginning except for one brother and the way he begins to trust him is even as touching. The bear hut I thought was true to life as everyone here has mostly been and the producers and directors kept it true to life. We had a couple of our own hometown folks in the movie, the older men on the porch of the store, added more depth and made us proud. I guess in some ways we are portrayed as "bumpkins" still but I guess in a lot of ways we are and it shows how we live here... or families are all close and loving, never turn our back on our loved ones and I like how the movie shows us.

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