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Plot. The film, set in the post-World War II 1940s, tells the story of an elderly woman, Carrie Watts, who wants to return to her home, the small, rural, agriculture-based town of Bountiful near the Texas Gulf coast between Houston and Corpus Christi, where she grew up, but she's frequently stopped from leaving Houston by her daughter-in-law ...
Jan 24, 1986 · An elderly woman escapes from her daughter-in-law's house to revisit her hometown in 1940s Texas. The film, based on Horton Foote's play, won an Oscar for Geraldine Page's performance.
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- Drama
- Peter Masterson
- 1986-01-24
Broadway WorldThe Trip to Bountiful in Milwaukee, WI at Lake Country Playhouse 2024
Horton Foote’s moving play tells the story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman, who longs to escape th...
5 days ago
- Broadway World
Review: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL at Holden Street Theatres
Multi award-winning group, Red Phoenix Theatre, the resident theatre company at Holden Street Theatres, produced Horton Foote’s Dividing the...
4 days ago
A movie review by Roger Ebert of a drama based on Horton Foote's play, starring Geraldine Page as a stubborn old lady who escapes from her city life to visit her childhood home. The review praises Page's performance, the dialogue, and the sense of place, but criticizes the ending.
When her carping daughter-in-law (Carlin Glynn) and overprotective son (John Heard) forbid her to travel alone from Houston to her childhood home in Bountiful, she strikes out anyway.
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- Peter Masterson
- PG
- Geraldine Page
An elderly woman escapes from her son and daughter-in-law to visit her childhood home in Texas, but faces disappointment and danger along the way. Read the full plot summary, synopsis, and cast and crew information on IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
