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Wild River (1960)
Directed by Elia Kazan
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A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man’s love affair with that woman’s widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Montgomery Clift | Lee Remick | Jo Van Fleet | Albert Salmi | Jay C. Flippen | James Westerfield | Bruce Dern | Barbara Loden | Frank Overton | Malcolm Atterbury | Robert Earl Jones
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/30/2012 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Went down to Portage Theatre for the weekly Northwest Chicago Film Society screening of this new 35mm print. Excellent film. Clift and Remick are so good here. I’d love to hear how this film was made.
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