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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 2, 2009
- Originally Released: 1983
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley & Ellen Barkin | |
Performer: | Allan Hubbard, Lenny von Dohlen, Michael Crabtree & Norman Bennett | |
Directed by | Bruce Beresford | |
Edited by | William Anderson | |
Screenwriting by | Horton Foote | |
Produced by | Philip S. Hobel | |
Director of Photography: | Russell Boyd |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1983 -
Best Actor: Robert Duvall
Academy Awards 1983 -
Best Original Screenplay: Horton Foote
Entertainment Reviews:
Included in The New York Times 10 BEST FILMS OF 1983
New York Times
Rating: 5/5 --
Duvall won an Oscar for this one, and it's still a moving and fascinating flick.
Nitrate Online
Rating: 4/5 --
Little gem of a film complements Duvall's later film "The Apostle"
Laramie Movie Scope
Remarkable film about a country western singer, a widow, and her son who try to expel the shadows of the past in order to become strong in the broken places of their lives.
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Spirituality and Practice
Rating: 2/5 --
I found myself filled with disquieting wishes for something to happen to break the silence.
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Goatdog's Movies
Rating: C- --
Like a quiet child whose primary virtue is that he doesn't make any waves, Tender Mercies is so muted and obedient that it's hard in good conscience to praise it.
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Nick's Flick Picks
Rating: A- --
An anti-Hollywood drama that glitters in its subdued form because it's a real gem.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Product Description:
While director Bruce Beresford has often dwelled on the amusing peccadilloes of southerners, in this film he has adapted his style to characters whose manners are as plain and unadorned as the landscape they inhabit. The film stars Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge, formerly an icon of country & western music, now down-and-out, a penniless alcoholic. Rosa Lee (Tess Harper), the young widow who owns the rural Texas motel where he has ended up, allows him to work off his board. As the months pass, the singer develops a bond with Rosa and her young son, experiencing the healing effects of this deeply religious woman's compassion. They become a family when she accepts Mac's offer of marriage, and he continues to rebuild his life. He attempts to see his daughter, Sue Ann (Ellen Barkin), whom he hasn't seen in years, and despite a nasty dust-up with Dixie (Betty Buckley), his ex-wife, is finally able to do so. However, the last tragedy he must confront is one that will truly test his recovery. Less a traditional story than a chain of epiphanies on faith and love, this masterpiece of low-key naturalism is arguably the finest work in the distinguished careers of both Duvall and Beresford.
Product Description:
The touching American classic about a down-and-out country singer that earned Robert Duvall an Academy Award® for Best Actor – now available from Lionsgate in brand new packaging
Detailed Synopsis:
Academy Award® winner Robert Duvall headlines this touching story of a down-and-out country singer named Mac and the young widow (Tess Harper) he meets in a small Texas town. But as their relationship blossoms, Mac’s years of hard living resurface when his music star ex-wife (Betty Buckley) appears bringing his estranged daughter (Ellen Barkin) with her. Will Mac’s painful past lead him toward an uncertain future – or will he find a way to move past his sorrow and start a fresh new life'
Detailed Synopsis:
Academy Award® winner Robert Duvall headlines this touching story of a down-and-out country singer named Mac and the young widow (Tess Harper) he meets in a small Texas town. But as their relationship blossoms, Mac’s years of hard living resurface when his music star ex-wife (Betty Buckley) appears bringing his estranged daughter (Ellen Barkin) with her. Will Mac’s painful past lead him toward an uncertain future – or will he find a way to move past his sorrow and start a fresh new life'
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anonymous -- June, 24, 2016
Would have been a good storyline, except for the language, unnecessary, the acting was really good.
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- UPC: 012236103738
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