Movie Description Sydney Pollack directs this steamy melodrama co-scripted by Francis Ford Coppola from a play by Southern Gothic maestro Tennessee Williams. Robert Redford stars as Owen Legate, a handsome railroad official who comes to Depression-era Dodson, Mississippi, to shut down the local rail yard and lay off its already struggling employees. When Legate begins a passionate affair with town flirt Alva Starr (Natalie Wood)--a small town girl with big dreams of escaping her dead-end surroundings--the romance angers Alva's domineering mother (Kate Reid) and ignites the town's economic resentments, provoking an act of revenge against the lovers.
| Credits | | Producer: | John Houseman | | Cast: | Alan Baxter, Jon Provost |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus, Filmed on location in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Editorial Reviews "[W]hat a novelty it is." USA Today - Mike Clark (12/19/2003)
"Wood is highly watchable, and the cinematography is exemplary." Uncut - Danny Leigh (12/01/2004)
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