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Jan 26, 1996 · The Journey of August King: Directed by John Duigan. With Jason Patric, Thandiwe Newton, Larry Drake, Sam Waterston. August is a widower and is on his way home after selling his homemade products and buying the supplies and goods he needs for the coming year.
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- Drama
- John Duigan
- 1996-01-26
A 1995 American drama film based on a novel by John Ehle, starring Jason Patric and Thandiwe Newton. It depicts the escape of a slave named August King and his encounter with a white abolitionist named Annalees.
Mar 22, 1996 · Roger Ebert. March 22, 1996. 2 min read. John Duigan’s “The Journey of August King” tells the story of a lonely man, returning to his rural home from the market, who encounters an escaped slave woman and decides to help her. He tells her what he is doing is “against the law,” but he does it anyway, in part because of guilt over a dead ...
A film about a North Carolina farmer who helps a runaway slave girl in 1815. The plot explores his journey of faith, conflict, and decision-making in a multi-dimensional drama with symbolism and Biblical references.
1h 35m. In the spring of 1815, nearly forty years after the Revolutionary War and 45 years before the Civil War, August King travels to an open air market in the mountains of North Carolina to purchase supplies and livestock and to make the final payment on land he purchased eight years earlier. King is a pious man, troubled by the recent death ...
- John Duigan
- Graham Paul
August King is a young man whose life is changed forever when he risks everything to help a beautiful woman on a courageous—and very dangerous—search for a new life. Desperate yet determined, the two set out on a harrowing journey towards freedom and find in each other the strength to overcome incredible odds. Rating. PG-13.
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August King is a young man whose life is changed forever when he risks everything to help a beautiful woman on a courageous—and very dangerous—search for a new life. Desperate yet determined, the two set out on a harrowing journey towards freedom and find in each other the strength to overcome incredible odds. Drama 1996 1 hr 31 min. 57%.
