Winter People (1989)

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. First he must prove himself to her ... See full summary »

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Writers:

John Ehle (book), Carol Sobieski (screenplay)

Stars:

Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Margaret Campbell (as Walker Averitt)
Dashiell Coleman	...	Jonathan Wright
Barbara Freeman	...	Mavis McGregor

Storyline

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. First he must prove himself to her father and her three brothers. He does so first by joining them on a bear hunt and then by designing a clock tower for the small community. Trouble comes when it is revealed that the baby's father is the demented son of a mean clan across the river and they mean to take the child back.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | based on book | independent film

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Taglines:

A passion so strong it kills.

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Genres:

Romance | Drama

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 April 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Winter People - Wie ein Blatt im Wind

Filming Locations:

Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$2,023,282 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first film produced by Castle Rock Entertainment.

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Soundtracks

"Lightning in a Bottle"
Written by Jimmy Webb
Performed by Jennifer Warnes

User Reviews

Start w/ a pot of strong coffee

After 1:07, to be exact, and all that time, the story was weak, the lines were unrealistic, accents poor, characters unestablished buy two great actors, at that, finding it very hard to make some good out of what they had to work with, misc. were bad, it finally started getting interesting. Not a complete waste of time, but I almost killed it at 25 minutes, then started skipping till it got half way descent. I would not recommend this movie for 2 hrs of your life, unless it's all you got to watch up in a cabin; Snowed in. It's been done before. Same story at least a dozon times. I see a lot of people wrote good things about it, so don't take my opinion too seriously. It might have something I missed, that made it good. I just couldn't take anymore of the what the first 25 min. had to offer.