The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2003)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Kristen McGary

Writers:

Amy McGary (screenplay)
Kristen McGary (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

A classic story of a young girl's spirit that lights up the American landscape...and your heart.

Plot:

The Adventures of Ociee Nash tells the story of nine year old Ociee Nash in the year 1898 who is sent from her father and brothers in rural Mississippi to live with her refined aunt in Asheville, North Carolina.

Plot Keywords:

Mississippi | Asheville North Carolina | William Mckinley | Farm | Gypsy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Skyler Day	...	Ociee Nash
Anthony P. Rodriguez	...	Gypsy John Leon
Bill Butler	...	Ben Nash
Keith Carradine	...	Papa George Nash
Charles Nuckols IV	...	Fred Nash
Jill Jane Clements	...	Miss June
John Lawhorn	...	Conductor Mr. Charles
Donna Wright	...	Nellie Bly
Charles McGary	...	Conductor Mr. Louis
Daniel Burnley	...	President William McKinley
Jasmine Sky	...	Elizabeth Murphy
Jamey Propst	...	Mr. Tift the Telegraph Man
Ty Pennington	...	Wilbur Wright
Sean Daniels	...	Orville Wright
Tom Key	...	Mr. Lynch

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:G

Filming Locations:

Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA

Company:

CineVita Productions

Trivia:

Ociee Nash was an actual person, the grandmother of author Milam McGraw Propst, who penned the novel "A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street" from which the screenplay was drawn. The real Ociee Nash was born in 1889 and was 9 years old in 1898 - the year in which the film is set, and the age of the on-screen title character.

A Step Back In Time, Well Cast, Well Acted.

The movie is set in 1898 and focuses on a young girl from a Mississippi farm who is sent to Asheville, NC to live with her aunt to learn how to be a proper young lady. The title character lost her mother to "the measles." Interstate travel is by passenger train. Local travel is by horseback or horse-drawn wagon or carriage. The opportunities for women in this era are severely limited. Keith Carradine's portrayal of Ociee's father, a widowed farmer who wants the best for his beloved only daughter, resonates with all the appropriate love and simple dignity. Skyler Day is quite perfect as Ociee. Mare Winningham, whose character, "Aunt Mamie," would have been a lifeless cliche in the hands of a lesser actor, makes Aunt Mamie a living, breathing, complex and slightly mysterious Southern Lady. All the child actors are completely believable. The scenery in the movie is beautiful. There is no bad language in this film, no violence beyond the level of a typical sibling wrestling match. The film has a quirkiness reminiscent of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Forrest Gump," but it can stand alone on its own merits. It should be irresistible to anyone who has ever wrestled with a sibling, climbed a tree, or been criticized for not being a "proper" young lady or gentleman. See it with someone you love.