Tender Mercies (DVD) (UK Import)

Directed by Bruce Beresford

Starring: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Allan Hubbard, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley, Paul Gleason, Lenny von Dohlen, Michael Crabtree, Norman Bennett
Contributors: Philip Hobel, Horton Foote, George Dreyfus, Russell Boyd
Studio: StudioCanal
Genre: Drama
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 3 Jun 2013
Originally Issued: 1983
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 97 minutes

Description

Bruce Beresford's emotional drama features an Oscar-winning performance by Robert Duvall. When washed-up country singer Mac Sledge (Duvall) wakes up in a Texas motel with a hangover, he has reached the end of the line. With no money and nowhere else to go, he takes a job at the motel run by Rosa Lee (Tess Harper), a kind-hearted widow whose compassion allows Mac to change his ways and turn his life around.

After getting married to Rosa, Mac is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make a comeback with his music, but when he meets up with his own disaffected daughter (Ellen Barkin), Mac decides that he can't ruin someone's life ever again, and turns the offer down in order to stay with his new family.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Other Documentary: 'Miracles and Mercies: A Look Back' - A retrospective documentary with Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Alan Hubbard, Director Bruce Beresford and Writer Horton Foote