Tender mercies [videorecording[DVD]] / Studio Canal ; Antron Media Production ; produced by Philip S. Hobel ; written by Horton Foote ; directed by Bruce Beresford.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 25630 | Lions Gate Films Inc.Publication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Films, Inc., c2009.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .T46347 2009
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also on film.
Contents:
Special features: "Miracles & mercies" featurette -- featuring interviews with stars Robert Duvall, Tess Harper and Allan Hubbard, director Bruce Beresford, and writer/co-producer Horton Foote; theatrical trailer.
Production credits:
  • Producer, Philip S. Hobel ; director, Bruce Beresford ; director of photography, Russell Boyd ; editor, William Anderson ; music, George Dreyfus ; writer, Horton Foote .
Awards:
  • Academy Awards for best actor (Robert Duvall) and best screenplay, 1983
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Allan Hubbard, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley.Summary: An alcoholic drifter comes into the life of a lonely widow and her young son in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer, he must confront a painful past that includes his bitter superstar ex-wife.
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DVD format ; NTSC ; Dolby digital monaural audio ; widescreen (16x9).

Motion picture.

English or French dialogue; Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Allan Hubbard, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley.

Producer, Philip S. Hobel ; director, Bruce Beresford ; director of photography, Russell Boyd ; editor, William Anderson ; music, George Dreyfus ; writer, Horton Foote .

Originally produced in 1982. Released in 1983.

Filmed on location in Palmer, Texas.

Rating: PG.

Issued also on film.

An alcoholic drifter comes into the life of a lonely widow and her young son in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer, he must confront a painful past that includes his bitter superstar ex-wife.

Academy Awards for best actor (Robert Duvall) and best screenplay, 1983

Special features: "Miracles & mercies" featurette -- featuring interviews with stars Robert Duvall, Tess Harper and Allan Hubbard, director Bruce Beresford, and writer/co-producer Horton Foote; theatrical trailer.

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