Released Date:
1982-12-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
122 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (5622 Reviews)
Director:
Clint EastwoodClancy Carlile (novel)
Clancy Carlile (screenplay)
As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the missus' brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he's broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit, 14, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid "growing up to be a cotton picker all my life," begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.
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