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Actors: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tender Mercies |
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Written by Horton Foote, TENDER MERCIES is a movie directed by Bruce Beresford in 1983. Both Robert Duvall and Horton Foote won an Academy Award for their contribution to the movie.
Mac Sledge, a successful songwriter, was once happily married to Dixie. But Mac's alcoholism destroyed their marriage and Mac had to leave her and his 10 years old daughter Sue Anne. Now, eight years later, Mac met Rosa Lee, a young woman who's running a motel lost in the middle of the Texas's fields, and is planning to marry her. He's stopped drinking, is working hard and is occasionally writing new songs. When a journalist finds at last his retreat and writes an article about him, Mac's past begins to haunt him. He misses his daughter so much that he'll find the courage to go to one of his wife's concerts in order to talk to Sue Anne.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tender Mercies |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- daughter
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- American rural
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- musician
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- red
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Country/Western
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