The Trip to Bountiful Page #8

Synopsis: Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home. When Ludie and Jessie Mae discover she is gone, they call in law enforcement to help, but Mrs. Watts is one step ahead of them and convinces the local sheriff to help her on her journey home to Bountiful.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Michael Wilson
Production: Ostar Productions
  Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Year:
2014
102 min
893 Views


Now, where's the money

from that government check?

In the purse.

No, it isn't.

Well,

let me look.

[ Sighs ]

[ Laughs ]

What is the matter

with you?

It's a good joke

on me.

What's so funny?

I just remembered.

I left this purse

on the bus last night.

I caused the man

a lot of trouble

'cause I thought

the check was in there.

And do you know, that check was

not in this purse all that time?

Well,

where was it?

Right here.

Huh?

Give it to me

before you go lose it again.

I'm not gonna lose it.

Now,

don't start that business.

Just give it to me.

Jessie mae.

Well, honey,

what if she goes and loses it?

Oh, stop this wrangling

once and for all.

You have given me your word and

I expect you to keep your word.

We have to live together.

And we're gonna live together...

In peace.

It's all right,

ludie.

Let jessie mae

take care of the check.

[ Sighs ]

Here, you keep the check.

Just don't go lose it again.

Come on. Let's go.

Mama, if I get a raise,

you won't have to...

it's all right,

son.

I've had my trip.

Go ahead.

I'll be right there.

The house

used to look so... Big.

Goodbye, bountiful.

Goodbye.

Blessed assurance,

Jesus is mine

oh, what a foretaste

of glory divine

heir of salvation,

purchase of God

born of his spirit,

washed in his blood

this is my story,

this is my song

praising my savior

all the day long

this is my story,

this is my song

praising my savior

all the day long

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Horton Foote

Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for his play The Young Man From Atlanta and two Academy Awards, one for an original screenplay, Tender Mercies, and one for adapted screenplay, To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1995, Foote was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. In describing his three-play work, The Orphans' Home Cycle, the drama critic for the Wall Street Journal said this: "Foote, who died last March, left behind a masterpiece, one that will rank high among the signal achievements of American theater in the 20th century." In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. more…

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