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William Faulkner's Old Man

1997, Movie, PG, 98 mins

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OLD MAN exhibits weather-beaten grit and heartland pride in its enriching fable of a convict's voyage from incarceration to inner freedom. Despite a certain languor around the edges, this TV-movie adaptation of a William Faulkner story (which comprised half of the novel The Wild Palms) is well acted and sensitively crafted. When the Mississippi Rver overflows its banks in the 1920s, the devastation is so great that some prisoners are granted short-term leave to help rescue ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1997
Rated PG

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Cast
Arliss Howard: J.J. Taylor
Jeanne Tripplehorn: Addie Rebecca Brice
Leo Burmester: Plump Convict
Daro Latiolais: Cajun Man
Jerry Leggio: Warden
Ritchie Montgomery: Deputy

 

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