Wild River
Summary: A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
Release Date: May 25, 1960
Director:
Elia Kazan
Runtime: 1 h 50 min
MPAA: Approved
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,595,000
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Tags / Keywords
19 year old boy5 year old girlabandoned houseaerial camera shotafrican americanairplaneamerican flagapologyaxebank presidentbarberbarbershopbased on novelbathtubbedbeerblack americanblack and white sceneboatboybreaking glass windows in a housebroken windowbrother brother relationshipburialbusbusinessmanbuying a dogcabincatfishceiling fancemeterycerealchopping down a treechristiancigar smokingcivil weddingclearing landcorn liquorcowcow in a row boatcrying womandamdead husbanddeathdeath of grandmotherdebtdemolitiondesiredogdoor keydrinkdrinkingdriving a car into a housedrunkennesselectricityeminent domainevictionfamily cemeteryfamily relationshipsfearferryferry boatfield handfightfilling stationfloodfuneralgas stationgirlgiving a bath to a little boygovernment agentgrandmother granddaughter relationshipgravegravestonegreat grandmothergreyhound bushand woundhandshakehillbillyhit in the faceholding handshound doghouse on firehusband wife relationshiphymnindividualismiris in camera effectiris shotislandjumping on a roofjustice of peacekeep off signkissknocked unconsciouslanternlawyerlistening to a radiolistening to music on a radiolittle boylooking out a windowloss of babyloss of childloss of grandmotherlovelove trianglemale female relationshipman carries a little girlman carries a manman falls to the groundman hits a man in the faceman hits a womanman on a roofman passes outman sits on a window sillman throws a man into a riverman wears a raincoatman wears eyeglassesmarriagemarriage proposalmatriarchmayormississippi rivermobmoneymother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmovingmulemule and plowmule and wagonnarrationnational film registrynew joboctoberoctogenarianold womanold woman refuses helpold woman uses a caneoverturning a carpastpickup truckplowpot belly stovepouring gasoline on a houserace relationsracismracistrainrainstormreference to a u.s. senatorreference to a yellow catreference to beating with a stickreference to cottonreference to eleanor rooseveltreference to franklin d. rooseveltreference to hellreference to senilityreference to the new dealriverriver crossingrocking chairrural settingshanty townsheriffshotgunsingersingingsingle mothersmall townsouthern gothicsubjective camerasuitorswingtarring a roadtelephonetelephone calltennesseetennessee rivertennessee valley authoritythird person narratorthreatthundertimeframe 1930su.s. governmentu.s. marshalumbrellaundertakervoice over narrationwall telephonewaving goodbyeweddingwidowwoman falls to the groundwoman wears eyeglassesyear 1933young widow
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