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| 125.1 | | 7405::MAXFIELD | | Thu Apr 08 1993 14:19 | 7 |
| I *think* the year this came out was 1985, and the best picture
and director Oscars when to "Out of Africa" (d. Sidney Pollack).
Duvall did win the best actor Oscar for this. Well-deserved,
though I didn't find the story particularly compelling.
Richard
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| 125.2 | thanks | 49438::BARTAK | God save DEC Wien | Thu Apr 08 1993 14:21 | 2 |
| Can you tell me what it was about ?
Andrea
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| 125.3 | | 7405::MAXFIELD | | Thu Apr 08 1993 15:43 | 9 |
| Well, it's been 7 or so years since I saw it. Duvall plays
a man who returns to his wife and daughter (late teen/early 20's?)
after leaving them years before. He attempts some kind of
reconciliation, with the expected scenes of apologies, recriminations,
and memories. There are a couple nice scences between him
and his daughter, but not much of the movie sticks in my memory.
Richard
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| 125.4 | A more recent review | 28237::GIBSON | | Thu Apr 08 1993 17:02 | 20 |
| I own this film on tape. Robert Duvall is a former C&W singer and
songwriter who had been married to a still-popular C&W singer. They
had had a daughter, now in her late teens. He is a drifter, no longer
performing or writing music, due to an alcohol problem. He stops at
an isolated filling station looking for work and a place to stay. The
filling station is owned by a young widow, and she and her son (8 or 9
years old) live in a small home behind the filling station. She hires
him and lets him stay in her guest room, but tells him that she is
religious, and that as long as he stays there he cannot drink. The rest
of the story tells of how he turns his life around despite some further
tragedy involving his former wife and daughter.
Robert Duvall performed his own music and does a good job. The former wife
was played by a popular C&W singer, and the young widow is played by the
same woman who played the mother in "Man in the Moon".
I enjoyed the movie.
Linda
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| 125.5 | Some cast members | KOLFAX::WIEGLEB | Who is 'The Loneliest Monk'? | Thu Apr 08 1993 18:17 | 4 |
| This film also stars Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, and Ellen Barkin in a
very early role as the daughter.
- Dave
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| 125.6 | deeper meaning for me... | 16821::VETEIKIS | | Thu Apr 08 1993 18:51 | 8 |
| its message to me was wonderful -- about finding joy in the simple
things in life, about family and commitment, about spirituality when
the "wild life" leaves you empty, about getting your priorities
straight.
obviously i really liked this movie.
CV
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| 125.7 | "I don't trust happiness" | ORION::LAWLER | Lost in the rain in Juarez | Thu Apr 08 1993 19:50 | 17 |
| I also love this movie -- I own it as well, and have watched it many many times
(and I think I appreciate and enjoy it more with each viewing).
This, along with "The Fisher King," are among my favorite movies about my
favorite movie subject(s). Those subject are personal redemption, recovery
from despair and tragedy, and turning one's seemingly lost life around
through love and "tender mercies" (as in this film) and/or friendship (as in
"The Fisher King").
As a matter of fact, I make it a point to watch "Tender Mercies" around
New Year's every year since I find it so soul-renewing.
A truly wonderful film, with achingly honest and heartwrenching performances
from everyone in it.
Mary Beth
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| 125.8 | and another thing... | 16821::VETEIKIS | | Fri Apr 09 1993 00:46 | 7 |
| And I would this additional praise - Robert Duvall's acting in this
movie was very subtle and understated, and yet upon reflection, said
so much.
CV
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| 125.9 | 1983 Oscar info | QUARRY::reeves | Jon Reeves, ULTRIX compiler group | Mon Apr 12 1993 20:17 | 11 |
| In the Oscars for movies released in 1983, Tender Mercies:
Won for:
Best Actor (Robert Duvall)
Best original screenplay (Horton Foote)
Was nominated for:
Best Picture
Best Director (Bruce Beresford)
Best Song ("Over You" by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart)
in the first two, it lost to Terms of Endearment; in the last, to Flashdance.
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