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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
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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