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27 April 2003 (USA) moreTagline:
Desperate Times, hard truths, unexpected dangers. One extraordinary summer will change a young boy and his family...forever.Plot:
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Where did this movie go? more (17 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Scott Glenn | ... | Eli 'Pappy' Chandler | |
| Arija Bareikis | ... | Kathleen Chandler | |
| Robert Sean Leonard | ... | Jesse Chandler | |
| Melinda Dillon | ... | Gran Chandler | |
| Logan Lerman | ... | Luke Chandler | |
| Audrey Marie Anderson | ... | Tally Spruill | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Mr. Spruill | |
| Pablo Schreiber | ... | Hank Spruill | |
| Michael Shamus Wiles | ... | Stick Peters | |
| Luis Garcia | ... | Cowboy (as Luis Esteban Garcia) | |
| Miguel Pérez | ... | Miguel | |
| Diane Delano | ... | Mrs. Spruill | |
| Luke Eberl | ... | Trot Spruill | |
| Sean Jones | ... | Bo Spruill | |
| Richard Crowe | ... | Mr. Latcher |
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The church used for the Sunday church scene in the movie was donated by the film crew to a small church in Crittenden County, Arkansas. The church used in the movie still stands and is being used every Sunday. A large sign in the yard depicts it as the church used in the movie. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the soda fountain worker give the customer a fountain drink, the seltzer from the spigot comes out brown. Seltzer is clear. All fountain drinks, including Coca Cola, required a squirt of flavored syrup then the cup was held under the fountain spigot. The clerk would push the handle back for a pressurized squirt to mix the clear seltzer and syrup then would pull the handle forward to fill the glass. moreFAQ
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I was very engaged with the movie (or story)...Up to a point. I was very upset with the fact that they spent a fair time setting up a growing problem (which you could sense), then introducing the problem (the murder), then abandoning it, and then finally restarting a new story that doesn't quite fit. WHY DO THAT?!
Like I said, I was totally engaged...Up to a point. And this is when everything went downhill!
On the plus side, there was good acting. But I believe even if you do have good acting-if your plot isn't convincing (or doesn't make sense), then the audience won't focus on that, and therefore your acting isn't as significant.
There are very few films that go off on a tangent (and that's a good thing), but when movies like, "A Painted House" and "Jeepers Creepers", do it (or I suppose any movie that does it), I can't help but lose interest, and become disappointed with it.