Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Nick Nolte | ... | Tom Wingo | |
Barbra Streisand | ... | Susan Lowenstein | |
Blythe Danner | ... | Sally Wingo | |
Kate Nelligan | ... | Lila Wingo Newbury | |
Jeroen Krabbé | ... | Herbert Woodruff | |
Melinda Dillon | ... | Savannah Wingo | |
George Carlin | ... | Eddie Detreville | |
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Jason Gould | ... | Bernard Woodruff |
Brad Sullivan | ... | Henry Wingo | |
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Maggie Collier | ... | Lucy Wingo |
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Lindsay Wray | ... | Jennifer Wingo |
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Brandlyn Whitaker | ... | Chandler Wingo |
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Justen Woods | ... | Tom Wingo (age 6) |
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Bobby Fain | ... | Tom Wingo (age 10) |
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Trey Yearwood | ... | Tom Wingo (age 13) |
The Wingo family is from South Carolina, they growing up in a house on a tidal plain. The oldest offspring, Lucas, largely acted as the protector for his younger twins siblings, Tom and Savannah, in light of their dysfunctional growing up, with their shrimper father, Henry, distant and abusive if/when he did pay them any attention, and their mother, Lila, while not doting on them most concerned about appearances and striving for social standing. Now in middle age, Savannah is a New York based poet, Tom, still living on the South Carolina coast outside of Charleston with his wife Sally and their own three doting daughters, taking a break from his high school teaching/football coaching job, while Lucas has long since died while still standing up for himself and his beliefs. Lila, divorced and now remarried with that wealth and social standing she so long desired, receives news that Savannah is in the hospital following her most recent suicide attempt. Not wanting to face the blame ... Written by Huggo
Streisand directed Prince Of Tides in'91, and was not honored by the Oscars with a nomination for Best Director;. fortunately the Directors Guild and Golden Globes did not ignore her, and the film. Beautifully directed, acted, scored and phtographed, it deserved all the praise it has received. Some fans of the book were disappointed because so much was deleted.. true, maybe should have been or will someday be a mini series... but Streisand and Conroy, caught the heart of the book, the dysfunctional family.. and the problems that emerged in future generations; Nolte was excellent as was Kate Nelligan... see it again and again, Brava Babs !!