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The Long Walk Home is a 1990 American historical drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg, and directed by Richard Pearce. Set in Alabama, it is based on a screenplay about the Montgomery bus boycott (1955–1956) by John Cork and a short film by the same name, produced by students at the University of Southern California in 1988.
- December 21, 1990
- George Fenton
- US$4,803,039
Apr 12, 1991 · A movie starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg as two women who walk to work during the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. Based on a true story, the film explores the racial tension and social change in the US at the time of Martin Luther King.
- (4.6K)
- Drama, History
- Richard Pearce
- 1991-04-12
88% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 84% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Odessa Carter (Whoopi Goldberg) needs to get to work as a nanny in the home of the affluent Miriam Thompson (Sissy Spacek), but she ...
- (111)
- Richard Pearce
- PG
- Sissy Spacek
Mar 22, 1991 · A movie about two women and their families during the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. One is a black maid who walks to work every day, and one is a white housewife who defies her husband to help her.
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Summaries. Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King. Dramatizes the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport because they were forced to sit at the back.
Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. During the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, the lives of an upper middle-class white woman and her black maid become intertwined. Cast & Crew. Read More. Richard Pearce. Director. Sissy Spacek. Whoopi Goldberg. Dwight Schultz. Ving Rhames. Stacy Fleming. Film Details. Also Known As. Long Walk Home.
