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Tender Mercies
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- Drama
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- 1982
- Bruce Beresford
- 87 mins
- PG
Summary
Drama from starring Robert Duvall as a down-on-his-luck country singer. Mac Sledge wakes up in a small Texas town with a massive hangover and not enough money to pay his motel bill. The owner allows him to work off his debt, allowing Mac to gradually rebuild his life.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Frances Lass
A spare, lean performance from spare, lean Robert Duvall won him his first and (so far) only Oscar. Duvall wakes up, after a drunken binge, in a Texan motel owned by religious widow Tess Harper and her young son Allan Hubbard. Having failed once in both his life and career as a country singer (Duvall sings his own songs) he hesitatingly tries again with Harper. Australian director Bruce Beresford shows a sympathetic connection to the hot dusty Texan locations for his first Hollywood film and screenwriter Horton Foote (who also won an Oscar) provides a realistic pace. As with Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, the episodic and atmospheric story is a poignant portrayal of redemption.
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rolenameMac SledgeRobert DuvallRosa LeeTess HarperSonnyAllan HubbardDixieBetty BuckleySue AnneEllen BarkinHarryWilford BrimleyLewis MenefeeMichael CrabtreeRobert DennisLenny Von Dohlen
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rolenameDirectorBruce Beresford
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English
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Colour
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