UNSEALED

This socially conscious family farm drama from director Mark Rydell was his follow up to the Oscar-winning On Golden Pond (1981).

Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek star as Tom and Mae Garvey, struggling Tennessee farmers constantly one step away from foreclosing. Their farm sits next to a river that both nourishes their land and constantly threatens to overflow its banks and destroy their crops. The Garveys sell some of their equipment for obscenely low prices at a foreclosure auction, at which some of their neighbors are forced to give up everything they own. The stoic Tom takes a job as a scab at a mill where the union workers are striking. Meanwhile, Mae has a platonic flirtation with local bank manager Joe (Scott Glenn), who saves her life when she's trapped under a heavy piece of farm equipment. Tom's homecoming is cut short by a flood, but the raging waters allow him to become a hero to his family again.

The River was the third in a trio of dramas depicting the plight of the American family farmer released that same year.

01. The River (4:30)
02. Growing Up (2:53)
03. The Pony Ride (3:16)
04. Love Theme From The River (4:54)
05. The Ancestral Home (4:31)
06. Rain Clouds Gather (3:07)
07. From Farm To Factory (2:44)
08. Back From Town (3:40)
09. Tractor Scene (2:18)
10. A Family Meeting (2:39)
11. Young Friends Farewell (2:39)