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Wild River (1960)

★ 7.5Approved105 minDirector: Elia Kazan

1960 American drama film

Wild River is a 1960 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, and Jo Van Fleet. It was filmed in the Tennessee Valley, and was adapted by Paul Osborn from two novels: Borden Deal's Dunbar's Cove and William Bradford Huie's Mud on the Stars, drawing for plot from Deal's story of a battle of wills between the nascent Tennessee Valley Authority and generations-old land owners, and from Huie's study of a rural Southern matriarchal family for characters and their reaction to destruction of their land, and the controversial employment of African-American laborers by the TVA. It marked Bruce Dern's film debut. The film was selected for National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2002.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Wild River about?
Wild River (1960) — A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revo
Is Wild River based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Wild River scary?
Content rating: Approved. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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