Movies
The River
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Original title: The River
5
nominations
20%
winning rate
1
win
Academy Awards #57 - 1985
Award | People | Status |
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Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sissy Spacek | — |
Best Original Score | John Williams | — |
Best Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond | — |
Best Sound | Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman, David M. Ronne | — |
Special Achievement Award | Kay Rose - for sound effects editing. | Winner |
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