Raintree County Page #3

Synopsis: It's the mid-nineteenth century in Freehaven, Raintree County, Indiana. John Shawnessy has just graduated from high school at the top of his class, with a promising career as a writer. He is a romantic, principled, and an idealist, believing the story of the golden raintree - after which the county is named - growing somewhere, most likely in the county's swamp area, searching for and locating it which would provide all the answers to one's life questions. An idea passed down from his father, John also has a strong sense of place as belonging, and as such there is much anticipation in the probable marriage between John and his sweetheart Nell Gaither, a born and bred Raintree girl. However, there is an undeniable mutual attraction on first sight between John and Susanna Drake, a visiting southern belle. Despite Susanna's temporary stay in Raintree County which means that she and John may not have a future, they eventually do marry out of circumstance, leaving behind a heartbroken Nell.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Edward Dmytryk
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
APPROVED
Year:
1957
160 min
294 Views


l entered the swamp like around here,

see... around that way.

What are you...

0h, excuse me, you're quite right

l entered the swamp this way and the

so flows kind of a line that way.

That's how he came over the swamp.

'You find that raintree?' l said.

'No' he said, 'l nearly drowned'

l figure that tried to cool his head,

But then she says... she says.

What did she say?

She said" what a poor pitiable

harmless creature".

What's going on, boys?

0h, hello, Dr. Seanacy.

We were just talking about

your son Johnny.

Flash purple.

Don't you know that your body is a temple

of the spirit?

And you defile and polluted with

that devil's brew you've there.

Why you say so, but...

Why don't you come around to our

next tempest rally,

Come around to take a total afternoon

to pledge

l'll take that pledge right now

0h, no... we want men to take pledge

only when they're sober.

But if they're sober, what's the sense

having the pledge taken place?

Wait, man... l want to testify that

l hanen't been drunk for 2 weeks

l drunk beer, wine and most of them

with all friends

l'm drunk here now this minute

l can't find a man who can drink

as much as l have walked straight and

l can still foot any man in this county.

Thank you now if you just...

mark a day and a hit town.

Stand at any corner and listen to the

jumper, the local anthropoid.

Steady...

l had hoped that this subject under discussion

was sufficiently elevated to engage my interest.

However...

Professor, we were just talking about

your most promising student,

Speak of angels and hear their wings.

Hm, not that promising student.

Ah, Mr. Gray and his charming wife.

How in the entire world of cross ability

did that chilly January win

such a blithesome May?

That reminds me...

Do you know the story about the old

judge who married a girl 18?

Sure, will yoy excuse me.

Ha...

0h, Pap...

Ha...

Wow, here comes the hero of

Raintree County

l guess he'll go again

for the gold raintree.

Ha...

Bob has been shooting his big fat mouth

again.

Yes, if you really want to be the hero

in Raintree County, all you gonna do

ls play the Flash Burgins

for the bare-foot race.

Flash Burgins?

So you're Johnny Seanacy.

Could be, who wants to know?

Do you hear that boys?

Should l tell this child here who l am?

Why don't you tell him, Flash?

Son, it gives me great peculiar satisfaction

and relegation to introduce to you and

these handsome and intelligent dummy that

l'm a gentleman

who's better known as Flash Burgins,

fastest runner in Raintree County.

Never heard of who is he.

Listen, child, it's me

l certify most of the runners in the

north and the south

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Millard Kaufman

Millard Kaufman (March 12, 1917 – March 14, 2009) was an American screenwriter and novelist. His works include the Academy Award-nominated Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). He was also one of the creators of Mr. Magoo. more…

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