The River
1984 · 122 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 8,115 VOTES · DIR. Mark Rydell
Overview
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Dialogue Timeline — 942 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:21 Heavy rain continues to batter the tri-state area.
00:11:51 He's not feeling too good, Ed.
00:16:37 Joe. Hi, kids.
00:19:34 No, Beth, I'm not finished!
00:25:23 Eight.
00:27:58 Farmers, come in. We're having an auction.
00:30:14 We're just selling property, machinery and livestock.
00:33:58 It says $3.50 there.
00:36:14 Haven't I been a good customer?
00:39:04 Not for Tom Garvey.
00:44:13 Let's go.
00:48:20 Bring it home!
00:53:06 This is the fellow I mentioned.
00:57:20 Anybody that wants to leave here
01:07:34 I'm going to have to get Judy.
01:13:36 It'll go smooth as silk.
01:16:21 Take my job!
01:20:05 Look.
01:23:36 It's hard to breathe.
01:30:11 Damn it. I said there's no trucks.
01:36:27 $2.75?
01:40:13 Lewis, you missed lunch.
01:45:15 Hey, Mae! Mae!
01:51:58 I'm hungry.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed942
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:03:21
Final line01:51:58
Production Record
DirectorMark Rydell
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue$11,500,000
IMDb votes8,115