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Release Date: 09 December, 2003 Retail Price: $9.99 OUR Price: $8.99 You SAVE: $1.00! Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
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Jessica vs the Government
County and The River came out virtually simultaneously. They have the same theme, farms in crisis. The main difference is Country is more political in nature.
Country is not a true story but is based on a number of true stories. This film is about a family owned farm that is in trouble. This trouble was not really their fault. It was a combination of changing economies and a pullout of government funding. During the 70's, the government threw loans to the farmers, encouraging farmers to overextend themselves. In the 80's, when crop prices plummeted, the government foreclosed on the farms. This made way for large corporate farmers to buy them for pennies on the dollar.
Real life husband and wife, Jessica Lange and Sam Sheppard, play the Jewel and Gil Ivey. They have a farm and government loans. When they can't make the harvest payment, the bank forecloses on the farm. Jewel is determined not to lose the farm.
This is tour de force performance by Jessica Lange. Wilford Brimley plays her curmudgeon father and gives a perfectly measured performance. This would become his signature character that he would be cast as for the remainder of his career.
Richard Pearce's direction and William Witliff's screenplay keep the film from getting to preachy or too sentimental. This is the best film made on the subject of the farm loan crisis.
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Most realistic film ever made.
I am a farmer and have been watching this film since it was released. I was very young when it was released and have been impressed ever since. I have studied it and every aspect is as it would be in every day farm life. I have been to where it was filmed and everything is as it was on the film. This film gives wonderful insight to the tremendous destruction that the Liberal spending Carter administration put on our country and our conservative, value minded farms. When Reagan had to put things back in order, farmers were affected. This film changed farming forever when it made aware of what was going on at that time. I give all praises to all who worked on this film. Thank you and I recommend it to everyone.
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