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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Jenny Wingfield (written by)
Release Date:
4 October 1991 (USA)
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Tagline:
Remember when you couldn't wait for your life to begin... and then, one day, it did?
Plot:
Rural Louisiana, summer of 1957, Elvis is King. At 14, Dani is coming of age. Her older sister is beautiful...
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2 nominations
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DVD Playhouse--November 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 November 2009, 6:25 PM, PST)
Mockingbird Director Mulligan Dies
(From WENN. 21 December 2008, 11:53 PM, PST)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 November 2009, 6:25 PM, PST)
Mockingbird Director Mulligan Dies
(From WENN. 21 December 2008, 11:53 PM, PST)
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One of the best movies I have ever seen
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Sam Waterston | ... | Matthew Trant |
 | Tess Harper | ... | Abigail Trant |
 | Gail Strickland | ... | Marie Foster |
 | Reese Witherspoon | ... | Dani Trant |
 | Jason London | ... | Court Foster |
 | Emily Warfield | ... | Maureen Trant |
| Bentley Mitchum | ... | Billy Sanders |
 | Ernie Lively | ... | Will Sanders |
| Dennis Letts | ... | Doc White |
| Earleen Bergeron | ... | Mrs. Sanders |
| Anna Chappell | ... | Mrs. Taylor |
| Brandi Smith | ... | Missy Trant |
| Sandi Smith | ... | Missy Trant |
| Derek Ball | ... | Foster Twin |
| Spencer Ball | ... | Foster Twin |
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99 min
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Reese Witherspoon was 14 years old, the same age as her character, when the film was shot.
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Anachronisms: When Dani is sitting on the bed, on the wall behind her is a photo of an older Elvis that was not taken by 1957 (when the movie took place) but taken in the mid to late 1960's.
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Loving You
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Perfect movies are rare. Even my favorite films tend to have flaws - Rear Window looks a little stagey at times, Chris Elliot's character in Groundhog Day doesn't work, the music score in Best Years of Our Lives is too cheesy, the beginning of Nights of Cabiria is a little too slow - but this film is perfectly executed from start to finish.
The script is brilliant, the acting is superb all around (although Reese Witherspoon and Sam Waterston are amazing, the whole cast shines), the directing and the photography are inspired, and the music score is touching without being intrusive (like some Miramax scores that are too manipulative). Every sad moment is truly moving, every light moment makes me smile. This truly is one of the best films I have ever seen and I wish there were more films like it.
I am glad that Reese Witherspoon has gone on to stardom after this film, but I am sorry to see that her recent movies are so much more escapist and silly than this serious film which is about real people, real feelings and real problems. Brilliant! A must-see.