Run the Wild Fields (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Paul A. Kaufman

Writers (WGA):

Rodney Patrick Vaccaro (play)
Rodney Patrick Vaccaro (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The Story of a North Carolina woman and her daughter who take in a mysterious drifter to work their farm while the woman's husband is missing in action during WWII. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Joanne Whalley	...	Ruby Miller
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Tom Walker
Cotter Smith	...	Silas Green
Alexa Vega	...	Opal 'Pug' Miller
Bill Lake	...	Sheriff Bob
Christine Brubaker	...	Teacher
Bradley Reid	...	Sammy Carlin
Diane Douglass	...	Miss Matty
Ron Payne	...	Rev. Taylor
Shawn Lawrence	...	Mr. Thurman
Paulette Sinclair	...	Mrs. Thurman
Aaron Ashmore	...	Charlie Upshall
Nicholas Treeshin	...	Charlie's Friend
Peter Evans	...	Len Upshall
Stephen Walsh	...	Deek Parsons

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Kaufman Company, The

A Lovely Period Piece with Fine Performances

Somebody asked what the "radio waves" speech was all about. I believe Tom is trying, without reference to Christianity, to say that we are all immortal in the sense that radio waves are immortal. Even though FDR is dead, his words will continue to bounce, forever, like radio waves, from star to star in the universe. This struck me as a quite touching and genuine moment in the film. I was less enchanted with the biography provided for Tom, especially as it became known at the most opportune moment (the scene when Tom is being heroic). But the performances by the three leads were enough to keep me interested in this bittersweet film.