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Winter People is a 1989 American romantic-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, and starring Kurt Russell and Kelly McGillis. It is based on the novel by John Ehle. Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934.
- $2,023,282
- John Scott
- The Winter People, 1982 novel, by John Ehle
- Robert H. Solo
Apr 14, 1989 · Winter People: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges, Mitchell Ryan. In 1930s Appalachia, a widowed city clock maker falls in love with an unwed mother and finds himself in the middle of a long-standing feud between two clans.
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- Drama
- Ted Kotcheff
- 1989-04-14
Wayland Jackson (Russell), a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright (McGillis), a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.
- 1989
- 2
- Ted Kotcheff
A movie review of Winter People, a romance drama based on a novel by John Ehle, starring Kelly McGillis and Kurt Russell. The plot is similar to Witness, but the film is long, dreary and boring, and has stock villains and a lack of chemistry between the leads. The reviewer criticizes the film for its recycled plot, fake snow, and unconvincing action scenes.
Winter People is a film about a widowed father and a woman with a complicated family dynamic who fall in love in a North Carolina mountain town. The film, directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Kurt Russell and Kelly McGillis, was released in 1989 and is available on Turner Classic Movies.
- Ted Kotcheff
- Kurt Russell
Winter People (1989) Full Cast & Crew. See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro. Directed by. Ted Kotcheff. Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification. Produced by. Music by. John Scott. Cinematography by. François Protat. Editing by. Thom Noble. Casting By. Lynn Stalmaster. Production Design by. Ron Foreman.
Winter People. A Young widower, Wayland Jackson (Kurt Russell), moves with his only daughter into an North Carolina Appalachian town in the midst of the Great Depression. He soon falls hard for Collie Wright (Kelly McGillis) who has an illegitimate child.