Tumbleweeds (1999) Movie Information:
| Tumbleweeds (1999) Directed by: |
 Gavin O'Connor |
| Tumbleweeds (1999) Written by: |
| Gavin O'Connor, Angela Shelton |
| Tumbleweeds (1999) Cast: |
| Janet McTeer, Jay Sanders, Kimberly Brown, Gavin O'Connor, Laurel Holloman, Lois Smith, Michael Pollard, Ashley Buccille, Cody McMains, Linda Porter |
| Tumbleweeds (1999) Produced by: |
| Not available at this time |
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| Tumbleweeds (1999) Production Co.: |
| Not available at this time |
| Tumbleweeds (1999) U.S. Distributor: |
| Fine Line Features |
| Tumbleweeds (1999) U.K. Distributor: |
| Entertainment |
| U.S. Cinema Release Date: |
| 10th Dec 1999 |
| U.K. Cinema Release Date: |
| 3rd Mar 2000 |
| Offical Site: |
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Tumbleweeds (1999) Synopsis:
In its keenly observed account of a woman perched at the crossroads of life and self-realization, Tumbleweeds crystallizes the manifold impressive talents of Gavin O'Connor. Culling his narrative from the dusty backwaters of the working-class South, O'Connor delivers characters nuanced with frailty and defiance and a tone that ricochets between savagery, humor, and compassion. As in that memorable road movie Thelma and Louise, what results is a beautiful, offbeat romance about two individuals discovering sisterhood and the path to self-definition. Notching up yet-another ex-husband, abuse, and disappointment, Mary Jo grabs her meager possessions; her feisty, foul-mouthed daughter, Ava; and her tattered shards of optimism and hits the road in search of a new love interest and support provider. After a former high-school prospect proves dismal, Ava convinces her mom to take a chance on life in the picture-perfect suburbs of Starlight Beach. But within weeks of settling into independence, Mary Jo reconnects with a truck driver from their travels and moves willfully into what seems like fated co- dependency. With Ava enrolled in school and experiencing for the first time a sense of normalcy and stability, Mary Jo wrestles with the impulse to run again, a decision that this time may devastate the bond between mother and child. Anchoring the film's impassioned naturalism are its breathtaking performances, led by 1997 Tony Award winner Janet McTeer. In this sensitive translation of Angela Shelton's childhood memoirs, O'Connor offers a compelling love story refreshingly devoid of sentimentality, cynicism, or cliche.
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