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Summary
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+12)
Critics 37Audiences 49GoodWatch 45
Metascore46
Tomatometer27%
IMDb6.3
Audience score48%
User score3.6
Box office
64%of its budget back
- Budget
- $18 M
- Worldwide
- $12 M
Worldwide it made back $12 M of the $18 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 2 min
A typical length for dramas, +13 min on the typical 109
typical 109122Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
Released
1984
December 1, 1984
42 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
24 of 33
Mel GibsonTom Garvey
Sissy SpacekMae Garvey
Scott GlennJoe Wade
Billy Green BushHarve Stanley
Shane BaileyLewis Garvey- BJBecky Jo LynchBeth Garvey
Don HoodSenator Neiswinder
James TolkanHoward Simpson- BWBob W. DouglasHal Richardson
Andy StahlDave Birkin- LSLisa SloanJudy Birkin
- LDLarry D. FerrellRod Tessley
- STSusie ToomeySally Tessley
- KTKelly ToomeyLisa Tessley
Frank Hoyt TaylorZemke
Amy RydellBetty Gaumer
Samuel Scott OsborneBilly Gaumer
Charles RobinsonTruck- IGIvan GreenSmoot
- DCDesmond CouchWilderfoot
- CGCharles G. RiddleYoungdall
Jim AntonioDan Gaumer
David HartHarley
Barry PrimusRoy
Directing · 6
- Mark Rydell Director
- Jerry Ziesmer First Assistant Director
- Christopher Wilkinson Second Unit Director
- Robert Yannetti Second Assistant Director
- Betsy Norton Script Supervisor
- Tena Psyche Yatroussis Second Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Julian Barry Screenplay
- Robert Dillon Story, Screenplay
Production · 9
- Robert Cortes Producer
- Edward Lewis Producer
- Lynn Stalmaster Casting
- Barry Primus Casting Consultant
- Barbara Harris ADR Voice Casting
- Terry Carr Unit Production Manager
Camera · 10
- Vilmos Zsigmond Director of Photography
- Michael McGowan Camera Operator
- Michael Gershman Camera Operator
- Gregg Guellow Best Boy Grip
- James Zenk Still Photographer
- Steven Poster Second Unit Director of Photography
Editing · 6
- Sidney Levin Editor
- Robert Frazen Assistant Editor
- Donah Bassett Negative Cutter
- Beau Barthel Assistant Editor
- Rick Sparr Associate Editor
- Aubrey Head Color Timer
Sound · 19
- John Williams Original Music Composer
- Kay Rose Supervising Sound Editor
- Chester Slomka Sound Editor
- Victoria Sampson Sound Editor
- Hector C. Gika Sound Assistant
- Neil Burrow Sound Editor
Art · 12
- Charles Rosen Production Design
- David F. Klassen Set Designer
- Donald Krafft Leadman
- William Ladd Skinner Set Designer
- William Maldonado Construction Coordinator
- Norman Newberry Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 8
- Joe I. Tompkins Costume Design
- Lynn Del Kail Hairstylist
- Greg Hall Costumer
- Pete Altobelli Assistant Makeup Artist
- Pamela Wise Costumer
- Darryl M. Athons Costumer
Visual Effects · 3
- Stan Parks Special Effects Supervisor
- Ken Pepiot Special Effects Supervisor
- Syd Dutton Matte Painter
Lighting · 6
- Norman Ash Electrician
- Michael Barrett Electrician
- Brent Poe Electrician
- Randy Woodside Best Boy Electrician
- Ted Varnadoe Best Boy Electrician
- Stuart A. Spohn Gaffer
Other crew · 22
- Alan Gibbs Stunt Coordinator
- Paul H. Stewart Special Effects
- Branscombe Richmond Stunts
- Mario Roberts Stunts
- Rick Avery Stunts
- Bruce Bahrenburg Unit Publicist
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