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Actors: Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cross Creek |
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Over-confident, fiercely independent Marjorie Rawlings moves to Cross Creek, Florida to get in touch with her writing skills and have the isolation she needs to be creative. Finding the no man is an island, she gets to know her dirt poor neighbors, becomes a member of their community, and falls in love. We witness the process, and the real life events that inspired her novel, The Yearling. Rip Torn should have been nominated for an Oscar, as was Mary Steenburgen and Alfre Woodard. Excellent family movie.
--Kel Brown, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cross Creek |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- girls fighting for rights
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- artist
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Woman/class/friends story?
- woman's story
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- pioneering in countryside
- coping with poverty (general)
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- happy
- tougher
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Water?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
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