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Fantastic Classic! Acting at it's best!
This movie was extremely well done and absolutely brilliant. The Trip to Bountiful is pre-Driving Miss Daisy and far better. Geraldine Page who portrays an elderly woman is trapped in her son's apartment with his hateful wife. She plans an escape to try and see her hometown Bountiful before she dies. It's sort of like The Wizard of Oz meets Driving Miss Daisy, with the "getting home" theme, and the friends she encounters on the journey. This movie delivers Geraldine Page at her best, she carries the picture at an awesome pace that will exploit all of your emotions. DVD is calling for this picture, buy this and enjoy classic film making at its best! Look for Rebecca Demorney and John Heard in supporting roles.

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WHY ISN'T THIS MASTERPIECE ON DVD???
As a fan of many of Geraldine Page films, I find this one to be her best. She took home the Best Actress Oscar for her work as an elderly woman who wishes to return to the place of her childhood one last time before she dies. I don't know of any critic or cinema fan who feels she did not deserve this well-earned recognition. Bountiful exists just as it did when the film was first shot. I was there two years ago just to take pictures of some of the spots where the film took place. Anyway, to my point:

My concern is that nearly every studio known to mankind is willing to produce and sell ABSOLUTLY TRASHY DVDs that NO ONE even wants to buy. It seems all the good movies that need to be released on DVD are just gathering dust in some vault where the master negative is slowly deteriorating. Before long, this Oscar winning film will only be a dream to those of us who remember its beautiful story of spirituality, passion, memory, and most of all family.

If I were Geraldine Page, I would be not only be turning in my grave but scratching my way to the surface to haunt the STUDIO EXECUTIVES (Opps, I meant to say, FOOLS) who have FORGOTTEN her and the artistry she brought to this wonderfully adapted stage play!!!

I DEMAND that anyone reading this review go to the DVD site for this film and vote to have it placed on DVD as soon as possible. Better yet, DEMAND that it be REMASTERED by the group of producers who release films on the Criterion Collection label!

I will talk about this movie with anyone as well as ANY other horrendous crimes against film if you would like to email me.

Get this on DVD if and when you can. Unfortunately, we true fans of Page's talent must settle for a VHS copy that does NOT compare with the beauty of its initial theatrical release. I cannot say FOR SHAME! FOR SHAME! enough to convey my strong feelings for this film and the disgraceful oversight it has received. DVD NOW! DVD NOW! DVD NOW! DVD NOW...

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When You Just Want to go Home
I have been waiting for a long time for this movie to be released as a DVD. What is taking so long?
Since this is one of my most favorite movies, I keep the video in a special place until the DVD comes out. And, I believe you need to be a little older to understand the longing and need to "go home" one more time. I have felt this way.
My elderly aunt watched this with me some time ago and she felt such intense anger at the daughter-in-law who could not comprehend anyone's feelings but her own. The more I watched the film over the years, however, I felt a sort of compassion for the daughter-in-law who felt her life's being overshadowed by the emotional needs of her mother-in-law. Yet, the feelings of exhilaration and joy felt by Geraldine Paige's character at finally escaping on the bus to Bountiful were so moving. My favorite part is where the mother-in-law is taken back to her old house by the sheriff, his heart moved by this old woman who just wanted to feel the dirt of home one more time - to derive strength from her family's roots. Just to hear the old red bird and remember the scissortail. Nostalgia is selected memory, and her memories are both happy and pitiful. Yet, her strength to have endured them all is enriching and inspiring.
I wish more movies were made like this today. This is the kind you can share with a grandchild or an elderly aunt. Both will remember it in different ways.