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6.6/10 • 25

1983-09-212h 7m

DramaRomance

The portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning.

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Directors
Martin Ritt
Editors
Sidney Levin

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  1. Mary Steenburgen

    Mary Steenburgen

    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

  2. Rip Torn

    Rip Torn

    Marsh Turner

  3. Peter Coyote

    Peter Coyote

    Norton Baskin

  4. Dana Hill

    Dana Hill

    Ellie Turner

  5. Alfre Woodard

    Alfre Woodard

    Geechee

  6. Joanna Miles

    Joanna Miles

    Mrs. Turner

  7. Ike Eisenmann

    Ike Eisenmann

    Paul

  8. Toni Hudson

    Toni Hudson

    Tim's Wife

  9. Cary Guffey

    Cary Guffey

    Floyd Turner

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Wuchak

Mar 27, 2019

7/10

Decide what you want to do and then DO IT, come what may In 1928, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) in her early 30s moves to a blindly bought orange grove near the hamlet of Cross Creek, in northern Florida, which is located on a strip of land between two large lakes (Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake). There she hopes to find the peace and privacy to launch her writing career. Peter Coyote plays a hotel owner from a nearby town that becomes fascinated by Marjorie while Alfre Woodard plays her maid. Rip Torn is on hand as an eccentric backwoodsman with Dana Hill appearing as his daughter who befriends a fawn. “Cross Creek” (1983) is a historical drama about the famous author of “The Yearling”; it’s also part wilderness drama. Shot on location in gorgeous Alachua & Marion Counties, the film’s worth watching just for the remote Floridian lushness. The theme is to die for as Marjorie DECIDES what she wants to do and then boldly (or stubbornly) DOES IT, come what may. Her first two short stories were published in 1931 and “The Yearling” in 1938, which won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was made into a movie in 1946. The boggy locations are similar to those in “Frogs” (1972) and “Swamp Thing” (1982) while the topic and themes are reminiscent of “The Whole Wide World” (1996) and “Sounder” (1972). If you favor the latter two movies and appreciate the locations of the former two, you’ll enjoy “Cross Creek.” The movie runs 2 hours, 7 minutes. GRADE: B/B+

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,000,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
floridawriterbased on memoir or autobiographycreek1930soranges