The river rat, lake wylie, rock hill urbanspoonzomato. Its a good cast, working in the service of a story that gets weaker as it goes along. The river rat is a lowkey southern family drama with trace amounts of tension but nothing too tense. It is an interesting example of a wellmade film that isnt trying to be a blockbuster and shows the interesting alternative side to american film making. Its a tossup as to which is more enjoyable in river rat, the film itself or the walltowall musical score by mike post. You may remember post as the producer of your favorite van halen. When an exconvict returns to his mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter, whom he hasnt seen since infancy, he finds himself with more than a handful. My life as a mississippi river rat a half century spent on, in, and around our most allamerican body of water riverbank of the mississippi river as. On the lazy banks of the mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her timeserved but innocent father. The river rat 1984 stream and watch online moviefone. Its a tossup as to which is more enjoyable in river rat, the film itself or the wall towall musical score by mike post. The coypu, or giant river rat, filmed in its natural habitat. It was filmed in the town of port hope and around toronto in canada. Filmed on location in kentucky, on the banks of the ohio river.
Experience pigeon river whitewater rafting and tubing in the great smoky mountains. When an exconvict returns to his mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter, whom he hasnt seen since infancy, he finds himself. Screenwriter thomas rickman was underwritten for his directorial debut by. When an exconvict returns to his mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. After serving time for a theft he didnt commit, all billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. My life as a mississippi river rat travel smithsonian. People that live along a river are proud to be called river rats.
Heres an earl thomas conley track from the river rat soundtrack released by rca records in. With tommy lee jones, martha plimpton, brian dennehy, shawn smith. Other scenes were filmed on the ruby horsethief section of the colorado river, the rogue river in southern oregon, and the middle fork of the flathead river. But to my mind the star of the film is martha plimpton in her first role. Streep did several of her own stunts in the film, on the milder river sections. Please scroll down to find the specific filming locations of chapter two. The river rat is a 1984 independent family film starring tommy lee jones and martha plimpton. The river rat is a 1984 independent family film directed by thomas rickman and starring tommy lee jones and martha plimpton. The coypu, or giant river rat, filmed in its natural habitat daily mail.
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