The River (1984)
December 1, 1984Release Date
The River (1984)
December 1, 1984Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
![Mel Gibson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6778-mel-gibson.webp)
Mel Gibson
Tom Garvey
![Sissy Spacek](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9843-sissy-spacek.webp)
Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey
![Shane Bailey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/86786-shane-bailey.webp)
Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey
![Becky Jo Lynch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey
![Scott Glenn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/854-scott-glenn.webp)
Scott Glenn
Joe Wade
![Don Hood](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/42230-don-hood.webp)
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
![Billy Green Bush](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16919-billy-green-bush.webp)
Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley
![James Tolkan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/948-james-tolkan.webp)
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
![Bob W. Douglas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson
![Andy Stahl](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32393-andy-stahl.webp)
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin
![Lisa Sloan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin
![Mark Rydell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56822-mark-rydell.webp)
Mark Rydell
Director
![Larry D. Ferrell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley
![Robert Dillon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Dillon
Writer
![Robert Dillon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Dillon
Writer
![Susie Toomey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Susie Toomey
Sally Tessley
![Julian Barry](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Julian Barry
Writer
![Kelly Toomey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kelly Toomey
Lisa Tessley
![Frank Hoyt Taylor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/31395-frank-hoyt-taylor.webp)
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke
![Robert Cortes](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Cortes
Producer
![Edward Lewis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edward Lewis
Producer
![Amy Rydell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/86787-amy-rydell.webp)
Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer
![John Williams](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57848-john-williams.webp)
John Williams
Composer
![Samuel Scott Osborne](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/86788-samuel-scott-osborne.webp)
Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer
![Vilmos Zsigmond](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57601-vilmos-zsigmond.webp)
Vilmos Zsigmond
Cinematographer
![Charles Robinson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56508-charles-robinson.webp)
Charles Robinson
Truck
![Sidney Levin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sidney Levin
Editor
![Ivan Green](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ivan Green
Smoot
![Desmond Couch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Desmond Couch
Wilderfoot
![Lynn Stalmaster](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/77015-lynn-stalmaster.webp)
Lynn Stalmaster
CastingDirector
![Charles G. Riddle](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles G. Riddle
Youngdall
![Charles Rosen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Rosen
ProductionDesigner
![Jim Antonio](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32311-jim-antonio.webp)
Jim Antonio
Dan Gaumer
![David Hart](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/249579-david-hart.webp)
David Hart
Harley
![Barry Primus](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/55623-barry-primus.webp)
Barry Primus
Roy / Casting Consultant
![Mark Erickson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mark Erickson
Baines
![Jack Starrett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8207-jack-starrett.webp)
Jack Starrett
Swick
![Dean Whitworth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dean Whitworth
Doctor
![Chuck Hanson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chuck Hanson
Fat Man
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Ira M. Quillen II
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Matt Bearson
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Timothy Shadden
Second Employee
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Elizabeth Lane
Secretary
![Gary Gershaw](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gary Gershaw
Drifter
![Christopher Wilkinson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173008-christopher-wilkinson.webp)
Christopher Wilkinson
Second Unit Director
![Richard Epper](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Epper
Stunts
![Blair Burrows](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Blair Burrows
Stunts
![Paula Moody](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1108270-paula-moody.webp)
Paula Moody
Stunts
![Branscombe Richmond](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6437-branscombe-richmond.webp)
Branscombe Richmond
Stunts
![Bennie Moore](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bennie Moore
Stunts
![Jophery C. Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2398-jophery-c-brown.webp)
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
![Alan Gibbs](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/71836-alan-gibbs.webp)
Alan Gibbs
Stunt Coordinator
![Spike Silver](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Spike Silver
Stunts
![Mark Orrison](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mark Orrison
Stunts
![Tom Elliott](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom Elliott
Stunts
![Mario Roberts](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/49139-mario-roberts.webp)
Mario Roberts
Stunts
![Clay Boss](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Clay Boss
Stunts
![Harper Flaherty](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harper Flaherty
Stunts
![Mike De Luna](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mike De Luna
Stunts
![Johnny Hock](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/197707-johnny-hock.webp)
Johnny Hock
Stunts
![Terry Carr](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Terry Carr
Unit Production Manager
![Jane Bogart](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jane Bogart
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Brenda Todd
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Lynn Del Kail
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Pete Altobelli
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Joe I. Tompkins
Costume Design
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Norman Newberry
Art Direction
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John J. Connor
Camera Operator
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Stuart A. Spohn
Gaffer
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Kay Rose
Supervising Sound Editor
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Donald Krafft
Leadman
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Dick Deats
Key Grip
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Jerry Ziesmer
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William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
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Nick Navarro
Set Designer
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Robert Yannetti
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Tena Psyche Yatroussis
Second Assistant Director
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David M. Ronne
Production Sound Mixer
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Michael McGowan
Camera Operator
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Stan Parks
Special Effects Supervisor
![Rick Sparr](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rick Sparr
Associate Editor
![David F. Klassen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David F. Klassen
Set Designer
![Sherman Labby](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sherman Labby
Production Illustrator
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Michael Gershman
Camera Operator
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Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor
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Pamela Wise
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Greg Hall
Costumer
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Betsy Norton
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Victoria Rose Sampson
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Kenneth Wannberg
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Duke Brown
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Joseph Geisinger
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Michael Barrett
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Beau Barthel
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Hector C. Gika
Sound Assistant
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John B. Schuyler
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Randy Woodside
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Robert Frazen
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Neil Burrow
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Rod Rogers
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Ted Varnadoe
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Steven Poster
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Barbara Harris
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Joe O'Har
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James M. Sheppherd
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Sonny Van Hecke
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Larry Singer
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Robert Thirlwell
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Tim Donelan
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Brent Poe
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Gregg Guellow
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Thomas Love
Special Effects
![William Maldonado](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
![Hugo Peña](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugo Peña
Costumer
![Jerry Rosenthal](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jerry Rosenthal
Sound Editor
Media.
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Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1984
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Content RatingPG
Budget$18,000,000
Box Office$11,500,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The River is a 1984 American drama film directed by Mark Rydell, written by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry, and starring Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, and Scott Glenn. The film tells the story of a struggling farm family in the Tennessee valley trying to keep its farm from going under in the face of bank foreclosures and floods. The father faces the dilemma of having to work as a strikebreaker in a steel mill to keep his family farm from foreclosure. It was based on the true story of farmers who unknowingly took jobs as strikebreakers at a steel mill after their crops had been destroyed by rain.
The River was theatrically released on December 19, 1984, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews, with critics praising Spacek's performance and the cinematography, but criticizing the screenplay, execution, and Gibson's performance, whom many considered to have been miscast. It was a box office failure, grossing only $11.5 million against an $18 million budget. Despite that, it received four nominations at the 57th Academy Awards; Best Actress (for Spacek), Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, and won the Special Achievement Award.
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