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The Southerner | 
| Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride
Studio: VCI Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Format: Black & White, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: UTED8211D
UPC: 089859821127
EAN: 0089859821127
ASIN: B00000IO3T
Theatrical Release Date: April 30, 1945
Release Date: January 25, 2000
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Studio: Video Communications Inc. Release Date: 09/04/2001 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Nr
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During World War II, Jean Renoir fled Nazi-occupied France for America and tried his hand at making Hollywood films. This period is generally (and unfairly) dismissed as fallow ground in Renoir's career, but even most of his critics agree that The Southerner is not just the best of his five American films, but a fine example of Renoir's humanistic vision. Transplanting the poetic realism of his French masterpieces of the 1930s to the rural American South, Renoir presents a year in the life of a family of migrant workers who decide to follow their dream of farming their own land. Hawk-eyed Zachary Scott gives the performance of his career as the easygoing but determined father who risks everything to give his family something to call their own, with J. Carroll Naish as his bitter, hostile neighbor. The seasonal structure and episodic nature of the film focuses on the hardships the family faces, finding the rhythm of life between setbacks and victories and the soul of his lovingly created characters through their bent but unbowed spirit. Renoir adapted George Perry Sessions's novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand with uncredited help from William Faulkner. This was Renoir's personal favorite of his American films and the only one to enjoy commercial success. --Sean Axmaker
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 A STORY OF AMERICA! August 9, 2008
Loves To Read (Twin Cities, MN USA)
Why would someone in 2008 watch a B & W film made in 1945 about a 1930's family who are dirt poor trying start their own farm? First, this is a Jean Renoir film and many think he is the best director ever, certainly in the top five. Second, this is a film most of us can identify with at some level. It's about wanting a piece of the American dream, about starting your own business (farm) and creating something based on your abilities and desires. It's about trying to beat the odds, the odds like nature, no money, opponents and limited resources to make it. It's about having faith in yourself and in a higher power that gives purpose and meaning to what you do. Is there justice in this world for those who work hard and live a moral and upright life? You may or may not think so after watching this film. It's another reminder of what makes this country so great are the opportunities that it gives; though not are all equal, they are there for those with the courage and perseverance to follow a dream. Though the film quality is a little poor and Beulah Bondi as Granny Tucker is a weak link in the movie, it is definitely worth watching this little slice of Americana. www.lusreviews.blogspot.com
Family Farm in the 30s January 27, 2008
Carol Collins (Urbana, IL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
An older black & white film about a southern family in the early 30s when success or failure depended on the elements (rain, drought) and the good will of neighbors. It's a film about people and they don't make that kind of film anymore. Nobody commits adultery, love scenes that didn't embarrass me (I'm not a Peeping Tom) there is no blood and guts (although it is threatened at one point) and the people work hard and are loyal, care about each other, and the ending is believable...not happy ever after...but more like it was...and is. Scott acts one of the few parts he has had who is sympathetic. Betty Field was a great actress, as was Beulah Bondi. J. Carrol Naish played every ethnicity except his own (Irish) and this time he had no accent. Scott was a also very accomplished actor. Altogether an inspired cast.
Classic film by Jean Renoir The Southerner. February 13, 2007
D. M. Guerra (Felbridge, Surrey)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A beautifully shot and acted classic film with two of the most professional and gifted stars Hollywood ever produced ( and vastly underrated in my opinion).Zachary Scott, usually cast in "lounge Lizard" and slimy no good but extremely handsome parts, was cast against type in this film and the result was a masterpiece in the craft of inspired acting. Buy it and watch it over and over again!!
 Risk Taking Americans January 18, 2005
R. A Rubin (Eastern, PA United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
My wife and I enjoyed this saga of a sharecroppers family. The complaining grandma was terrific and the true hardships were filmed with dust bowl realism. All the acting was great and I find it amazing that the French director Jean Renoir had such a handle on risk taking Americans. This is an underrated film.
A love poem to his wife November 23, 2004
McTeague (San Francisco)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Newly married, Jean made a film about a happy marriage. Who can forget the beautiful soundtrack and the moving images of Sam and Nona working and sleeping side by side, working and sleeping as the summer goes by. I like to think that this film was Jean Renoir's love poem to his wife. With this film Jean begins a renewal that will culminate in the least cynical and most sincere of his films, The River.
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