The River (DVD Widescreen) [DVD] [Standard]

Critically acclaimed The River flows between a dozen diverse, well-etched characters in a small Finnish town, including a clandestine gay couple, a factory worker and his adulturious wife, and a suicidal young mother. It is a rich and insightful look at ordinary lives unfolding over the short time span of one autumnal Saturday morning.

For rural Tennessee couple Tom (Mel Gibson) and Mae Garvey (Sissy Spacek), the struggle to hold onto their family's farm pits them against not just the forces of nature in the form of brutal floods, but government bureaucracy, the threat of bank foreclosure, and the hostility faced when Tom takes a scab job at a local steel mill. Mark Rydell's powerful drama also stars Scott Glenn, James Tolkan. 124 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English DTS 5.1, DTS stereo Lossless Audio; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

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