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The river
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Movie propaganda
A young farm couple (Mel Gibson as Tom Garvey and Sissy Spacek as Mae) finds themselves at odds with the local power authority which has plans to flood their lands for a hydroelectric project.
Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film drama river farmer dam
Persons of interest
- Mel Gibson .... Tom Garvey
- Sissy Spacek .... Mae Garvey
- Shane Bailey .... Lewis Garvey
- Becky Jo Lynch .... Beth Garvey
- Scott Glenn .... Joe Wade
- Don Hood .... Senator Neiswinder
- Billy Green Bush .... Harve Stanley
- James Tolkan .... Howard Simpson
- Bob W Douglas .... Hal Richardson
- Andy Stahl .... Dave Birkin
- Lisa Sloan .... Judy Birkin
- Larry D. Ferrell .... Rod Tessley
- Susie Toomey .... Sally Tessley
- Kelly Toomey .... Lisa Tessley
- Frank Hoyt Taylor .... Zemke
- Ivan Green .... Smoot
- Desmond Couch .... Wilderfoot
- Julian Barry .... Storywriter
- Robert Dillon .... Storywriter
- Robert Dillon .... Screenwriter
- Mark Rydell .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Awards and film festivals:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 1984: Won: Best sound effects editing
- See also Northfork
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
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Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: 5.1 (English), surround (German, Italian), mono (French, Spanish)
- Disc: Single side, dual layer
- Picture: Widescreen (16:9 enhanced)
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Subtitles: English, French, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
- Production notes
- Web links
- Talent profiles
- Movie trailer
Security censorship classification
M
Surveillance time
118 minutes (1:58 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
VHS rental: 9 May 2001
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