The River is a 1984 American drama film directed by Mark Rydell, written by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry, and starring Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, and Scott Glenn. The film tells the story of a struggling farm family in a Tennessee river valley trying to keep its farm from going under in the face of bank foreclosures and floods. The father faces the dilemma of having to work as a strikebreaker in a steel mill to keep his family farm from foreclosure. It was based on the true story of farmers who unknowingly took jobs as strikebreakers at a steel mill after their crops had been destroyed by rain.
The River (1984)
Directed by Mark Rydell
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Dec 19, 1984 |
Run Time - 124 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - PG-13
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$18,000,000
Box Office
$11,489,982
Tags
Garvey, Joe Wade, River, Tennessee
Attributes
Narrative Location: Tennessee
Alternate Titles
A folyó
HU
Cuando el río crece
ES
El río
CO
Elven
NO
Floden
SE
Ha-Nahar
IL
Il fiume dell'ira
IT
Juntos
UY
Kun joki tulvii
FI
La rivière
CA, FR
Menschen am Fluss
DE
Nehir
TR
O Rio
PT
O Rio do Desespero
BR
Reka
SI
Rijeka
HR
Río violento
AR
Rzeka
PL
Stormfloden
DK
The River
AU, CA, EC, GB, US
To potami tis orgis
GR
Upe
LT
Το ποτάμι της οργής
GR
Ріка
UA
Река
, RU, RS
Реката
BG
ザ・リバー（1984）
JP
怒河春醒
TW