The Trip to Bountiful [Blu-ray]

Director: Peter Masterson

Overview

Adapted by Horton Foote from his own television play, A Trip to Bountiful is set in 1947 Houston. Forced by circumstances to leave her loathsome son (John Heard) and daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn), elderly Geraldine Page wants nothing more out of life than to return to her home town of Bountiful. Escaping from her family's clutches, Page boards a bus to Bountiful, where she makes the acquaintance of young Rebecca DeMornay. The two women immediately hit it off, and their trip is a most pleasant one. Eventually, sheriff Richard Bradford, ordered to find Page and bring her back to her family, catches up with the old woman just 12 miles from Bountiful. Feeling sorry for Page, Bradford permits her to complete her sentimental journey, even though he knows full well that Bountiful is now a ghost town of empty ruins and dilapidated shacks. It doesn't matter, though: Page sees Bountiful just as it was when she left it, and for the first time in years she is truly happy and at peace with herself. After several near-misses, Geraldine Page finally won an Academy Award for A Trip to Bountiful (incidentally, the original TV production, which still exists in kinescope form, starred Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint).

Product Details

Release Date:	09/25/2018
UPC:	0738329233365
Original Release:	1985
Rating:	PG
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	18,703

Special Features

Return to Bountiful - Documentary; KLSC Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Geraldine Page	Carrie Watts
John Heard	Ludie Watts
Carlin Glynn	Jessie Mae
Rebecca De Mornay	Thelma
Richard Bradford	Sheriff
Kevin Cooney	Roy
Mary Kay Mars	Rosella
Norman Bennett	Ticket Man #1
Gil Glasgow	Stationmaster
Harvey Lewis	Bus Ticket Man
Kirk Sisco	Ticket Agent
David Tanner	Billy Davis
Wezz Tildon	Bus Passenger
Peggy Ann Byers	Downstairs Neighbor
David Romo	Mexican Man
Tony Torn	Twin,Twin
Alexandra Masterson	Drugstore Waitress,Newspaper Boy
Don Wyse	Doctor
James Drake	Bus Station Derelict
Larry Langley	News Vendor
Peter Masterson Jr.	Newspaper Boy
Allison Marich	Blonde on Bus
Ed Johnston	Man on Bus
Frances Peterson	Young Carrie Watts
Dean DeWulf	Young Ludie Watts
Marilee Van Wagenen	Family Member on Bus,Family Member on Bus,Family Member on Bus,Family Member on Bus
Jim Drake	Bus Station Derelict
J.A.C. Redford	Composer

Technical Credits

Horton Foote

Horton Foote	Producer,Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Sterling Van Wagenen	Producer
Sam Grogg	Producer,Executive Producer
Dennis Bishop	Producer
George Yaneff	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Geraldine Page's Oscar-winning lead performance was as much a surprise as the success of this sleeper of a movie, first seen on television in 1953 with Lillian Gish. Homespun playwright Horton Foote got an Oscar nomination for his adaptation of his own play about an elderly woman on a bus ride home to the town where she was raised. The Trip to Bountiful is one of the few films to examine the difficult emotions of aging straightforwardly, without becoming too maudlin. The underrated Rebecca de Mornay breaks away from her glamour roles to show her range in a key supporting part. The film went against the cynical grain of its era and unabashedly embraced old-fashioned cinematic virtues, under the direction of Peter Masterson.