Tomorrow 10/12

(1972) Based on a short story by William Faulkner. In depression-era Mississippi, a reclusive watchman finds a homeless pregnant woman near the mill he's tending, and is determined to nurse her back to health.

Though not a feel-good movie, "Tomorrow" is one of the best American films. Duvall cites it as his favorite role, and many Faulkner fans consider this the most faithful dramatization of his work.

Robert Duvall - Jackson Fentry
Olga Bellin - Sarah Eubanks
Sudie Bond - Mrs. Hulie
Richard McConnell - Isham Russell
Peter Masterson - Lawyer Douglas
William Hawley - Papa Fentry
James Franks - Preacher Whitehead
Johnny Mask - Jackson & Longstreet
Effie Green - Storekeeper
Ken Lindley - Judge
R.M. Weaver - Jury Foreman
Dick Dougherty - Buck Thorpe
Jeff Williams - H.T. Bookwright
Jack Simley - Thorpe Brother
Billy Summerford - Thorpe Brother

NOTE: The dialogue in this film is vernacular from the Mississippi Delta region.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Robert Duvall
• Olga Bellin
• Horton Foote
• Mississippi
• Depression
• abandoned woman
• mill watchman
• cotton farmer
• pregnant woman
• Jackson Fentry
• Mississipi Delta
• Faulkner

[samizdrama]

@roscoefoofoo thank you for your thoughtful comments. You point out some aspects of the story I hadn't noticed before!

[roscoefoofoo]

The circle of love is only way to cope with, or break, the chain of pain. No wonder Fentryis so loving: look at how loving his own father is. "Come on over here to me, Jacskon & Longstreet Fentry." Puts giving the newborn love in terms of inviting the newborn to join him. The heart is the home. Kid brings smiling play to tough lives. They put him in the middle--as his innocence and deservedness are at their lives' center. Stop to let him be a kid. Puddles must be magic. Love takes the reins.