Wild River (1960)
Directed by Elia Kazan · 110 min · Drama, Romance
49.4 TOPICAL score · #1,966 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.
Wild River (1960, directed by Elia Kazan) has a TOPICAL score of 49.4 - ranked 1,966 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (108 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 22 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (108 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 22 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read9,133 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Montgomery Clift (actor #260), Lee Remick (actor #472), Jo Van Fleet (actor #601), Albert Salmi