Run the Wild Fields (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Paul A. Kaufman

Writers (WGA):

Rodney Patrick Vaccaro (play)
Rodney Patrick Vaccaro (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The Story of a North Carolina woman and her daughter who take in a mysterious drifter to work their farm while the woman's husband is missing in action during WWII. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Joanne Whalley	...	Ruby Miller
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Tom Walker
Cotter Smith	...	Silas Green
Alexa Vega	...	Opal 'Pug' Miller
Bill Lake	...	Sheriff Bob
Christine Brubaker	...	Teacher
Bradley Reid	...	Sammy Carlin
Diane Douglass	...	Miss Matty
Ron Payne	...	Rev. Taylor
Shawn Lawrence	...	Mr. Thurman
Paulette Sinclair	...	Mrs. Thurman
Aaron Ashmore	...	Charlie Upshall
Nicholas Treeshin	...	Charlie's Friend
Peter Evans	...	Len Upshall
Stephen Walsh	...	Deek Parsons

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Kaufman Company, The

an emotionally moving film

This film is well worth watching for the emotions that are allowed to develop between the main characters. The mysterious stranger has his own secrets, and it may possibly just have happened, (leaving room for artistic license.) I liked being caught into that particular time-frame of the '40's when morality still existed in the American culture, and people (generally) had depth of character. The film does not "assault" the viewer, like so many recent releases will assault the senses. Really well acted and directed, I thought.