Follow the River

TV Movie
1995
PG
1h 31m

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Ellen Burstyn, Sheryl Lee, and Renée O'Connor in Follow the River (1995)

An "inspirational" true saga of a pioneer woman who is abducted by Shawnee Native Americans in 1755 and finds her way home after 10 years.An "inspirational" true saga of a pioneer woman who is abducted by Shawnee Native Americans in 1755 and finds her way home after 10 years.An "inspirational" true saga of a pioneer woman who is abducted by Shawnee Native Americans in 1755 and finds her way home after 10 years.

Director
- Martin Davidson
Writers
- James Alexander Thom
- Jennifer Miller
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6.2/10

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Director
- Martin Davidson
Writers
- James Alexander Thom
- Jennifer Miller
Stars

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Trivia
Based on the Massacre at Draper Meadows July 8 1755.

Goofs
In the scene in which Mary, Tommy and Betty are welcomed into the lodge with the Shawnee woman, Mary confides that she has little breastmilk for her newborn baby (likely due to malnutrition while in captivity). The woman gives her fennel seeds, which Mary then appears to feed directly to the baby. Seeds of any sort are never safe to feed to an infant. While fennel promotes lactation and eases colic, the best utilization is either the mother eating them or making a tea to give to the baby in very small doses.

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Hollywood messes up another fine book!

A few years ago, I was at a pub in Santa Monica, CA. Having a beer and reading John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meaney". A man was sitting next to me and we struck up conversation about the book, and if it could be made in to a movie (Which, sad to say, it sort of was in the guise of "Simon Birch", another book ruined by Hollywood, but I digress)This man then asked me what great book I had read which I thought would be a great movie, and I said "Follow the River". I explained the story to him (Mari's review is great)and even that I would cast Eric Schweig as Wildcat. Less than a year later, viola, this god-awful movie shows up on television (and I don't think it was a coincidence). This book is so beautiful, a tale of strong will and courage, overcoming great odd's. And it's turned into American-pie everyone lives happily ever after fodder. Why must Hollywood take wonderful books and ruin them. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!