The Trip to Bountiful
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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."
Status: Released
Released Date: 1985-12-20
Runtime: 108 mins
Director: Peter Masterson
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Trip to Bountiful
Production Companies: Bountiful Film Partners, FilmDallas Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
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