Tuck Everlasting (2002)

A young woman meets and falls in love with a young man who is part of a family of immortals.

Director:

Jay Russell

Writers:

Natalie Babbitt (novel), Jeffrey Lieber (screenplay)

Stars:

Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, Sissy Spacek

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alexis Bledel	...	Winnie Foster
William Hurt	...	Angus Tuck
Sissy Spacek	...	Mae Tuck
Jonathan Jackson	...	Jesse Tuck
Scott Bairstow	...	Miles Tuck
Ben Kingsley	...	Man in the Yellow Suit
Amy Irving	...	Mother Foster
Victor Garber	...	Robert Foster
Kosha Engler	...	Miles' Wife
Richard Pilcher	...	Constable
Bradley Coryell	...	Lead Mill Boy
John Badila	...	Baker
Julia Hart	...	Sally Hannaway
Naomi Kline	...	Beatrice Ruston
Kathryn Kelley	...	Mrs. Hannaway

Storyline

Winnie Foster has everything a young woman could desire. She comes from a well-bred, wealthy, and respected family. She dresses in the finest clothes and is afforded every opportunity to refine herself. But Winnie finds that the heat of summer is not nearly as stifling as her gilded cage. She longs for freedom, for adventure. She escapes one morning to explore the woods surrounding her family's home, and encounters the Tucks, a close-knit family with a mysterious past that begs the question: If you could live forever, would you? And just when Winnie believes she has answered that question for herself, a mysterious man looking to profit from the source of the Tuck's immortality that will have her question her life, her desires, and what is the right thing to do. And in the end, learns, that death is not what is to be feared, but an unlived life.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | woods | secret | immortality | fountain of youth | 

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Taglines:

Tuck's family drinks water from a magical spring, which allows them to live for eternity.

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Disney's Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Eterna juventud

Filming Locations:

Loch Raven Resevoir, Towson, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,268,764, 13 October 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$19,158,074, 2 February 2003

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Beacon Communications, Scholastic Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The white coat with embroidered accent, in which Alexis Bledel (Winnie Foster) plays stick ball, is the same costume worn by Kate Winslet (Rose Bukater) in Titanic (1997), except the hem is shortened, the color changed, and the closure is made double breasted.

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Goofs

When the Tucks are in jail and Winnie and the boys are going to help them escape, it shows Winnie crossing the street with all the wind blowing the dust around but the rope at the gallows is hanging still.

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Quotes

Mrs. Foster: [while strapping Winnie into corset] You must suffer to be beautiful, so say the French.
Winnie: Well the French are crazy.

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Crazy Credits

Featured Whistler: Dan Neufeld

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Connections

Referenced in Eulogy (2004)

User Reviews

This is highly recommended.

Like many other people on this website, I myself had to read the novel upon which this film is based when I was in the sixth grade. I really can't remember it that much, but seeing the movie brought some of it back to me.

The movie strays from Babitt's novel in some ways, as the "love" between two central characters is romanticized slightly. Otherwise, the story is not changed all that much, but there are still a few minor changes to the story that I could remember.

Most of the cast was perfect. Ben Kingsley fits the role of The Man in the Yellow Suit pretty well. Out of place kinda are Sissy Spacek and William Hurt who have the minority roles in this film. They were still quite good, though.

The story flows nicely, but there were still a few scenes that were different as I had envisioned. I pictured the Treegap Constable having a bigger role, and I also envisioned there to be more 19th century costume and prop designs. Just some things to be kept in mind when the next remake of this novel comes out in another thirty years or so.

TUCK EVERLASTING: 4/5.