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The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
director of photography:
Fred Murphy
cast:
Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney, Harvey Lewis, Gil Glasgow
rating:
PG
director:
Peter Masterson
running time:
108 min.
writer:
Horton Foote
synopsis
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish just once before she dies is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish just once before she dies is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
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