The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful
Directed byPeter Masterson
Screenplay byHorton Foote
Based onThe Trip to Bountiful
1953 play
by Horton Foote
Produced byHorton Foote
Sterling Van Wagenen
Starring
CinematographyFred Murphy
Edited byJay Freund
Music byJ.A.C. Redford
Production
companies
Bountiful Film Partners
FilmDallas Pictures
Distributed byIsland Pictures
Release date
  • December 20, 1985 (1985-12-20)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$7,491,903[1]

The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 American road drama film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. It was adapted by Horton Foote from his 1953 play. The film features a soundtrack by J.A.C. Redford featuring Will Thompson's "Softly and Tenderly" sung by Cynthia Clawson.[2] Geraldine Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mrs. Watts and Horton Foote was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The film is partially set in the community of Bountiful, a fictitious Texas town. Although part of the film is set in Houston, Texas (as was the original play), the movie was shot in Dallas.

  1. ^ "The Trip to Bountiful". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Liverett, David (2005). This Is My Story: 146 of the World's Greatest Gospel Singers. Thomas Nelson, Inc. ISBN 1-4185-0607-9. P. 45.

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