A prequel to Horton Foote's 1918 (released in 1985) On Valentine's Day
was filmed in 1984, then held back from release till 1986. Written by Academy
Award winner Horton Foote, the film follows the life of a young woman who
shocks the people of her small southern town by marrying a man from the
wrong side of the tracks. They marry on Valentine's Day and take a room
in the house of an impoverished family where their lives soon become intertwined
with their fellow boarders. Together with Portrait of a Marriage (never
released theatrically), On Valentine's Day and 1918 were later reedited
and incorporated into a Horton Foote TV trilogy on the PBS network.
Release:
September 13, 1986 at Toronto Film Festival, Canada
Studio:
A Guadalupe/Hudson Production/Angelika
Genre:
Drama
Rating:
PG
Running Time:
106 minutes
Writer:
Horton Foote
Producer:
Calvin Skaggs, Lillian V. Foote, Lidsay Law, Lewis Allen, Peter Newman
and Ross Milloy
Director:
Ken Harrison
Cast:
Matthew Broderick.... Brother Vaughn William Converse-Roberts..... Horace Robedaux Hallie Foote..... Elizabeth Vaughn Horton Foote..... Steve Tyler Carol Goodheart..... Miss Ruth Irma P. Hall..... Aunt Charity Michael Higgins..... Mr. Vaughn Steven Hill..... George Tyler Richard Jenkins..... Bobby Pate Jeannie McCarthy..... Bessie Bill McGhee..... Sam Rochelle Oliver..... Mrs. Vaughn
A prequel to Horton Foote's 1918 (released in 1985) On Valentine's Day
was filmed in 1984, then held back from release till 1986. Written by Academy
Award winner Horton Foote, the film follows the life of a young woman who
shocks the people of her small southern town by marrying a man from the
wrong side of the tracks. They marry on Valentine's Day and take a room
in the house of an impoverished family where their lives soon become intertwined
with their fellow boarders. Together with Portrait of a Marriage (never
released theatrically), On Valentine's Day and 1918 were later reedited
and incorporated into a Horton Foote TV trilogy on the PBS network.