Cross Creek PG

Cross Creek
3K ratings
Out of Print: Future availability is unknown
Notify Me When Available
Format:  DVD
item number:  35EQ6
on most orders of $75+
Brand New

DVD Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 10, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1983
  • Label: Lions Gate

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring
Performer: , &
Directed by
Story by

Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh67%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 12

Upright75%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 940
[Cross Creek] has an excellent supporting cast... and a very slick style. Full Review
Sojourner
Aug 20, 2019
Rating: 3/5 -- Somehow, Mr. Ritt manages to use this very artificiality in the service of an optimism that is very much his own.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
Rating: 2/4 -- Alas, this uninspired, perfunctory literary bio isn't saved by its handsome visuals. Full Review
TV Guide
Jan 11, 2008
Never one to stint himself when it comes to romantic overkill, Ritt piles on the slush with even more gusto than usual. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
Cross Creek is a lyrical but vivid portrait of life in the untamed backwoods of Central Florida in the late 1920s. Full Review
Associated Press
Oct 22, 2018
It's an uncompelling, yet warm, tale which lightly skips over the woman's travails by illustrating a series of vignettes of rural humanity. Full Review
Variety
Jan 11, 2008
...[Steenburgen] radiates....[The film has] farfetched but unmistakable charm.
New York Times
Sep 21, 1983

Product Description:

Mary Steenburgen (MELVIN AND HOWARD) stars in this adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's classic novel about her experiences living in rural Florida during the 1920s and 1930s. Mixing together elements of both CROSS CREEK and THE YEARLING, director Martin Ritt creates a glowing period piece that finds the essence of both books. In the film, Mrs. Rawlings (Steenburgen), a New Yorker, buys an orange grove in the Florida swamps for the purpose of going there to write the gothic romance she can't seem to finish in the city. As soon as she arrives, Mrs. Rawlings becomes immersed in the colorful backwoods community that surrounds her grove, and acquires a young cook named Geechee (Woodard) as well as farm hands to work the groves. Enchanted by life in Cross Creek, Mrs. Rawlings finds herself writing not gothic romances, but tales of small town life in rural Florida. Next thing she knows, her stories catch the attention of a major publisher. A lyrical meditation on both rural life and the nature of creativity, Martin Ritt's film is filled with lush imagery and standout performances. In particular, Rip Torn's performance as Marsh Turner, a drunken but loving father, is outstanding, and it rightfully won him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Keywords:

Product Info

  • UPC: 012236101833
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565
Open Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm, (Eastern Time)