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Wild River
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- See also:U.S. National Wild and Scenic Rivers
| Wild River | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Elia Kazan |
| Produced by | Elia Kazan |
| Written by | Borden Deal (novel) William Bradford Huie (novel) Paul Osborn |
| Starring | Montgomery Clift Lee Remick |
| Release date(s) | 1960 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Wild River is a 1960 film directed by Elia Kazan starring Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi and Jay C. Flippen. It tells the story of a young Tennessee Valley Authority administrator who comes to a small town in Tennessee to enforce the clearing of the land to be flooded by a new dam in the Tennessee river. An ageing matriarch refuses to sell her land to the federal government and the film anticipates much of the environmental debates concerning the artificial control of rivers. The federal agent (Montgomery Clift) falls in love with the matrarch's grand-daughter (Lee Remick) and some scenes between them are remarkable for their erotic tension with no explicits whatsoever. The film also portrays some of the racial issues in the south of the USA after the depression. Filmed in Cinemascope, this work by Elia Kazan shows a deep understanding of the relationship of Nature and the Land with the individual in the United States, reminiscent of artistic and philosophical concerns coming from the 19th century. Some of the panoramic scenes, with the river meandering by beautiful green hills, but with tree stumps on the foreground, are reminiscent of some landscape painting techniques of the Hudson River School. The acting is riveting- one of the renowned imprints of Elia Kazan as a movie director. Kazan was a founder of Actor's Studio and directed Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront".
The movie was adapted by Paul Osborn from two novels -- Borden Deal's Dunbar's Cove and William Bradford Huie's 1942 novel, Mud on the Stars. It was filmed in Charleston, Tennessee near Chattanooga on the Hiwassee and Tennessee Rivers.
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