''Rachel River'' is a 1987
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
film about a young journalist who returns to her
Minnesota
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hometown to reexamine her life. The film was directed by
Sandy Smolan
Sandy Smolan is an American feature film, television, and documentary film director.
Early career
His critically acclaimed debut feature film ''Rachel River'' was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and took awards ...
, and stars
Pamela Reed
Pamela Reed (born April 2, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic police partner in the 1990 movie ''Kindergarten Cop'' and as the matriarch Gail Green in ''Jericho''. She appeared as Marlene ...
,
Viveca Lindfors
Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.
Biography
Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the da ...
,
Željko Ivanek
Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek; ; ; born August 15, 1957) is an American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on ''Damages'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on t ...
,
James Olson, and
Craig T. Nelson
Craig Theodore Nelson (born April 4, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Hayden Fox in the sitcom ''Coach'' (for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series), Deputy Ward Wilson in the 19 ...
.
Plot
Cast
Production
Shooting completed in November 1986, with post-production completing in August 1987.
The budget was $1.2 million (equivalent to $ million in ), half of which was provided by
PBS
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's ''
American Playhouse
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Overview
It premiered on January 12, 1982, with ''The Shady Hill Kidnapping'', written and narrated by John Cheever an ...
''. The film was later broadcast on ''American Playhouse''.
Reception
The film won Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic and a Special Jury Prize for Acting for Lindfors at the 1988
Sundance Film Festival
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.
[https://history.sundance.org/events/23]
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1987 films
1987 comedy-drama films
Films shot in Minnesota
American comedy-drama films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
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