Tomorrow 5/12

(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.

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Entertainment

Tags:

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

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He clearly loves to listen to her. She brings music to his life. Shares her former worst worries--but now she again hopes, in shared terms: "So I guess we don't have to worry about this rain bein' the end of world." The cut to the modest forest flowers after she shares her reborn hopes. Life is growing, from painfully barren ground. He proposes while boiling her clothes. Sharing the hopes & memories that endure pain. "Can you swim? I can't either." Show me where you'll build your home, indeed.

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What a sweet shyness they have when they first eat together. Decency--and timidity about trusting the other with their loneliness. How he looks to the ceiling when she's telling about the preacher who couldn't walk on water. She's hopeful but reasoning and realistic--balanced despite all she's been through. Confess their limits to each other. With the kindness he's given her, she puts positive spin on things. With his loyal kindness, she longer worries about the end of the world.

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"To make man stand on his hind legs, and cast a shadow."--Faulkner