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The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 American road drama film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. It was adapted by Horton Foote from his 1953 play of the same name.
Jan 24, 1986 · The Trip to Bountiful: Directed by Peter Masterson. With Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford. Carrie Watts is an elderly woman who decides to visit her childhood home in Bountiful one last time. There, she meets a young woman with whom she shares her secrets and memories.
"The Trip to Bountiful" has a quiet, understated feel for the small towns of its time. The little rural bus station, with its clerk drowsing under a lonely lamp bulb, looks just right, and so do the midnight streets outside.
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...
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In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home one last time. Carrie Watts lives the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son.
Nov 9, 2016 · The Trip to Bountiful (1985) 6.7K Likes. 980,637 Views. 2016 Nov 9. In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman in the twilight of her life, is determined to visit her childhood home for one last...
Dec 5, 2007 · Geraldine Page won a Best Actress Award as a woman trying to return to her hometown in Horton Foote's. , 1985, with TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz and guest Jeff Daniels. An aging woman escapes her controlling family to visit her childhood home.
Unable to drive, Carrie (Cicely Tyson) begs her son (Blair Underwood) to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Carrie makes an e...
Overview. Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." Peter Masterson. Director.
PG | Drama. Watch options. Official Trailer. In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.