Writer Horton Foote has turned his memories of small-town Texas into a whole cycle
of plays and films; 1918 is the heart of the bunch. Hallie Foote, playing
her own grandmother, is a newlywed caught in the deadly flu epidemic of
that year; Matthew Broderick is her brother who wants to go off to fight in World War I, but his father wants him to stay home and work. It's a home movie, in a sense, but the family is fascinating and the events indelibly moving. The film
was later telecast as part of a Horton Foote trilogy on PBS's American
Playhouse.
Release:
1985
Studio:
Angelika/Guadalupe
Gerne:
Drama
Rating:
NR
Running Time:
91 minutes
Writer:
Horton Foote
Producer:
Lillian V. Foote, Lewis Allen, Peter Newman and Ross Milloy
Director:
Ken Harrison
Cast:
Matthew Broderick..... Brother Vaughn William Converse-Roberts..... Horace Robedaux Hallie Foote..... Elizabeth Vaughn Rochelle Oliver..... Mrs. Vaughn Jeannie McCarthy..... Bessie Belinda Jackson..... Erma Sue L.T. Felty..... Mr. Thatcher Horton Foote Jr...... Jessie Michael Higgins..... Mr. Vaughn Lisa Howard..... Constance Bill McGhee..... Sam Betty Murphy..... Verna Tom Murrel..... Stanley Rochelle Oliver..... Mrs. Vaughn Phillip Smith..... Bill
Writer Horton Foote has turned his memories of small-town Texas into a whole cycle
of plays and films; 1918 is the heart of the bunch. Hallie Foote, playing
her own grandmother, is a newlywed caught in the deadly flu epidemic of
that year; Matthew Broderick is her brother who wants to go off to fight in World War I, but his father wants him to stay home and work. It's a home movie, in a sense, but the family is fascinating and the events indelibly moving. The film
was later telecast as part of a Horton Foote trilogy on PBS's American
Playhouse.