Ride the Wild Fields Movie Review 2000

Tender adaptation of Vacarro's play "And the Home of the Brave" finds 11-year-old Opal Miller (Vega) and her mother Ruby (Whalley) struggling to manage their small North Carolina farm while Opal's dad serves overseas during WWII. Ruby is grateful for the help of drifter Tom (Flanery), though others are suspicious of the young man, but complications arise when the adults develop stronger feelings for one another.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

The Homefront: U.S./Canada, American South, Adapted from a Play, Period Piece: 1940s, Farm Livin', Childhood Visions

Screenplay

Rodney Vaccaro

Cast

Joanne Whalley, Sean Patrick Flanery, Alexa Vega, Cotter Smith

Cinematography

Thom Best

Director

Paul A. Kaufman

Music

Laura Kaufman

Producer

Showtime Networks