The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · 1h 48m · Drama · United States of America · Rated PG (US)
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
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Peter MastersonWritten by
Horton Foote6.5Smart score
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1940sbased on play or musicalbusdaughter–in–lawelderly ladyescapehouston, texasmemorysenior citizentexas
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