Most of our subscribers receive their discs within two business days. The river rat the original soundtrack album discogs. Both jones and plimpton become fugitives from justice when they run afoul of crooked paroleofficer. You can write, the river rat 1984 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie. Tommy lee jones, brian dennehy, martha plimpton, dan hewitt owens, norman bennett, shawn smith, nancy lea owen. When an exconvict returns to his mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter, whom he. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the river rat 1984 tom rickman on allmovie. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabouts of. I worked at a rural small town video store and this is exactly the kind of movie that people were regularly looking for good, clean movies. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network.
Known as tight knit community that always sticks together and looks out for its children. With tommy lee jones, martha plimpton, brian dennehy, shawn smith. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabouts of the stolen loot, and those who come looking for it. Released 1984, the river rat stars tommy lee jones, martha plimpton, brian dennehy, nancy lea owen the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.
Tommy lee jones plays the title character in the river rat. The river rat 1984 after serving more than a decade behind bars as an innocent man, billy tommy lee jones returns home to connect with his teenage daughter, jonsy martha plimpton, a sassy. Its a tossup as to which is more enjoyable in river rat, the film itself or the walltowall musical score by mike post. After serving more than a decade behind bars as an innocent man, billy returns home to connect with his teenage daughter, jonsy, a sassy girl with no intention of letting him simply stroll into her life. River rat loves his life along the rappahannock friends of the. A delightful, fastpaced adventure tale set in the deep south on the mississippi river. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for the river rat 1984. When an exconvict returns to his mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter, whom he hasnt. I bought this on vhs since i cant get it on dvd just because it is well worth owning. Make your movie list and get blurays and dvds conveniently delivered to you with free shipping both ways. Movie was created in 1984 by usa and directed by tom rickman with the most famous actors. Since 1998, dvd netflix has been the premier dvdbymail rental service. Watch the river rat full for free on 123movies released in 1984 year.
Freshen up your watchlist with prime videos latest roster of streaming movies and tv shows. Jonathan, a naive country boy, gets a scholarship to a classy prep school, where he rooms with suave, rich and handsome skip. Tommy lee jones and brian dennehy are reliable as ever, if dennehys character is a good bit too overthetop. You can then select photos, audio, video, documents or anything else you want to send. I first saw this movie years ago and liked it, but its never even been available on dvd much less bluray. The river rat is a lowkey southern family drama with trace amounts of tension but nothing too tense. Skip decides it is his duty to see that jonathan loses his virginity, so he sends jonathan to chicago, where jonathan meets ellen, a beautiful older woman, and they be gin an affair which ends abruptly when ellen discovers jonathan is 17. The fatherdaughter relationship flounders until jones takes the girl on a long, bonding raft trip on the river. The river rat is very much like a ghost story not too much depth, but plenty of adventure and cheap thrills to keep you interested. Watch the river rat film stream, and dont miss the the muppets parody trailer. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Norman bennett in the river rat 1984 tommy lee jones and martha plimpton in. Starring tommy lee jones, martha plimpton, brian dennehy, shawn smith. The river rat is a 1984 independent family film starring tommy lee jones and martha plimpton in her second film and first starring role.
The river rat is a 1984 independent family film directed by thomas rickman and starring tommy lee jones and martha plimpton. People that live along a river are proud to be called river rats. The river rat at times suffers from a saccharine treatment, but it must be. When they run across the corrupt doc cole, they must work. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just wont let him go. The river 1984 tt0088007 farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses their farm, and other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm. As most of you may have noticed, ive been phasing the out. Released from prison after years, jones heads south to meet his hoydenish daughter martha plimpton for the first time. Jonsy is a teenager who meets her father billy, who has just been released from prison, for the first time. Released 1984, the river rat stars tommyleejones, marthaplimpton, briandennehy, nancy leaowen the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. I mentioned that i was writing story about his son, and he shook my hand. The river rat 1984 where to watch it streaming online reelgood.
Plimpton portrays a young teenage daughter who meets her father jones language english. After serving more than a decade behind bars as an innocent man, billy tommy lee jones returns home to connect with his teenage daughter, jonsy martha plimpton, a sassy girl with no intention. After serving more than a decade behind bars as an innocent man, billy tommy lee jones returns home to connect with his teenage daughter, jonsy martha plimpton, a sassy girl with no intention of letting him simply stroll into her life. The river was the last of three 1984 films, including country and places in the heart, that shared the themes of a familys devotion to their farm, the destructive force of nature, an unsympathetic bureaucracy and a determined woman who binds her family together. The river rat 1984 a clumsy but quiet southern character study that devolves into some type of roadtravelviaboat blackmailcaper when brian dennehy shows up. After serving time for a theft he didnt commit, all billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. Filmed in kentucky, it is set on the banks of the mississippi river.
Links search the internet movie database for river rat, the buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from. Plimpton portrays a young teenage daughter who meets her father jones, an excon just released from prison, for the first time. The river rat 1984 tom rickman cast and crew allmovie. You could watch the river rat 1984 on putlocker free that was released in 19840928 and ranked 6.
The river rat the original soundtrack album 1984, vinyl. Filmed on location in kentucky, on the banks of the ohio river. The river was the third in a trio of dramas depicting the plight of the american family farmer released that same year. The river rat is a 1984 independent family film starring tommy lee jones and martha plimpton in her debut role. When an exconvict returns to his mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter, whom he hasnt seen since infancy, he finds himself with more than a handful. However, it is impossible to evaluate good or bad before watch the river rat 1984 full movie. I was born in illinois and lived a fair portion of my life in alton, illinois near the river. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Dawley from a hybrid hooded male and a female wistar rat. The river rat 1984 stream and watch online moviefone. When an exconvict returns to his mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter, whom he hasnt seen since infancy. Im not sure if this is tommy lee jones first movie, it is the first movie 1984 of his that i. This movie does an excellent recreation of life on the river.
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