Released in: 1998 Length: 101 minutes Warning: Rated PG-13: frequent violence; brief profanity; some material may frighten younger children Language: English Categories: Boy Films, Little to Preteen, Boy Films, Adolescent, Westerns

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Description

River Phoenix becomes mentally unhinged when his Native American bride dies in childbirth. This sends his father, Richard Harris, on a journey to try and find another woman for his son. The father returns to the traveling circus where he traded horses for the first woman, and he attempts a second bargain for the woman's sister. In the end, the sister must confront the dead woman's ghost, and we learn the dark secret of their past.

Phoenix is eerily convincing as the mad Talbot Roe, and Richard Harris is uncharacteristic low-key as the world-weary Prescott Roe. Not many kids in this story, but this film is memorable as River Phoenix's last movie released about a year after his death.

Double Feature Recommendation: The Mosquito Coast

DVD Features:
Format: Full Screen
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0, with optional English closed captions
Extras: Scene Selection

The Quality on this film is rated... Our Rating Chart
EXCELLENT: 10 out of 10
EXCELLENT: 9 out of 10
VHS VERY GOOD: 8 out of 10
VHS FAIR: 6 / 7 out of 10
VHS POOR: 5 or below, out of 10

Cast & Crew

Richard Harris	. . . . .	Prescott Roe
Sheila Tousey	. . . . .	Awbonnie / Ghost
Alan Bates	. . . . .	Eamon McCree
River Phoenix	. . . . .	Talbot Roe
Dermot Mulroney	. . . . .	Reeves McCree
Tantoo Cardinal	. . . . .	Silent Tongue
Philip Attmore	. . . . .	Boy Tap Dancer
Nicholas Ortiz y Pino	. . . . .	Young Reeves
Lynn Davies	. . . . .	Prairie Girl