The River

6.3
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 122 min
  • Premiere: 1984. December 1.

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

Discover

Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey

Lewis Garvey

Becky Jo Lynch

Beth Garvey

Don Hood

Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan

Howard Simpson

Bob W. Douglas

Hal Richardson

Andy Stahl

Dave Birkin

Lisa Sloan

Judy Birkin

Larry D. Ferrell

Rod Tessley

Susie Toomey

Sally Tessley

Kelly Toomey

Lisa Tessley

Amy Rydell

Betty Gaumer

Samuel Scott Osborne

Billy Gaumer

Desmond Couch

Wilderfoot

Jim Antonio

Dan Gaumer

David Hart

Harley

Chuck Hanson

Fat Man

Ira M. Quillen II

TV Weatherman

Matt Bearson

First Employee

Timothy Shadden

Second Employee

Elizabeth Lane

Secretary

Gary Gershaw

Drifter

Art

Norman Newberry

Art Direction

Jane Bogart

Set Decoration

Charles Rosen

Production Design

Sonny Van Hecke

Assistant Property Master

Robert J. Visciglia Sr.

Property Master

Sherman Labby

Production Illustrator

William Ladd Skinner

Set Designer

David F. Klassen

Set Designer

Nick Navarro

Set Designer

William Maldonado

Construction Coordinator

Camera

Michael Gershman

Camera Operator

Michael McGowan

Camera Operator

Dick Deats

Key Grip

John J. Connor

Camera Operator

Steven Poster

Second Unit Director of Photography

Gregg Guellow

Best Boy Grip

Hank Sheppherd

Best Boy Grip

James Zenk

Still Photographer

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Pete Altobelli

Assistant Makeup Artist

Joe I. Tompkins

Costume Design

Brenda Todd

Makeup Artist

Lynn Del Kail

Hairstylist

Hugo Peña

Costumer

Greg Hall

Costumer

Pamela Wise

Costumer

Crew

Tom Elliott

Stunts

Paula Moody

Stunts

Johnny Hock

Stunts

Clay Boss

Stunts

Alan Gibbs

Stunt Coordinator

Thomas Love

Special Effects

Bruce Bahrenburg

Unit Publicist

Willie Radcliff

Craft Service

Julie Adams

Dialect Coach

Paul Stewart

Special Effects

Rick Avery

Stunts

Directing

Mark Rydell

Director

Christopher Wilkinson

Second Unit Director

Robert Yannetti

Second Assistant Director

Jerry Ziesmer

First Assistant Director

Tena Psyche Yatroussis

Second Assistant Director

Betsy Norton

Script Supervisor

Editing

Robert Frazen

Assistant Editor

Beau Barthel

Assistant Editor

Rick Sparr

Associate Editor

Aubrey Head

Color Timer

Donah Bassett

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Randy Woodside

Best Boy Electrician

Michael Barrett

Electrician

Norman Ash

Electrician

Ted Varnadoe

Best Boy Electrician

Brent Poe

Electrician

Production

Robert Cortes

Producer

Barry Primus

Casting Consultant

Terry Carr

Unit Production Manager

Barbara Harris

ADR Voice Casting

Joe O'Har

Location Manager

Joan Wolpert

Production Coordinator

Jody Hummer

Extras Casting

Edward Lewis

Producer

Sound

Kay Rose

Supervising Sound Editor

Neil Burrow

Sound Editor

Victoria Sampson

Sound Editor

Jack Schrader

Sound Editor

Larry Singer

ADR Editor

John B. Schuyler

Boom Operator

Rod Rogers

Sound Assistant

Hector C. Gika

Sound Assistant

David M. Ronne

Production Sound Mixer

Jerry Rosenthal

Sound Editor

Duke Brown

Apprentice Sound Editor

John Roesch

Foley Artist

Chester Slomka

Sound Editor

Herbert W. Spencer

Orchestrator

Robert Thirlwell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nick Alphin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joan Rowe

Foley Artist

Kenneth Wannberg

Music Editor

John Williams

Original Music Composer

Writing

Julian Barry

Screenplay

Robert Dillon

Screenplay

Art

Norman Newberry

Art Direction

Jane Bogart

Set Decoration

Charles Rosen

Production Design

Sonny Van Hecke

Assistant Property Master

Robert J. Visciglia Sr.

Property Master

Sherman Labby

Production Illustrator

William Ladd Skinner

Set Designer

David F. Klassen

Set Designer

Nick Navarro

Set Designer

William Maldonado

Construction Coordinator

Camera

Michael Gershman

Camera Operator

Michael McGowan

Camera Operator

Dick Deats

Key Grip

John J. Connor

Camera Operator

Steven Poster

Second Unit Director of Photography

Gregg Guellow

Best Boy Grip

Hank Sheppherd

Best Boy Grip

James Zenk

Still Photographer

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Pete Altobelli

Assistant Makeup Artist

Joe I. Tompkins

Costume Design

Brenda Todd

Makeup Artist

Lynn Del Kail

Hairstylist

Hugo Peña

Costumer

Greg Hall

Costumer

Pamela Wise

Costumer

Crew

Tom Elliott

Stunts

Paula Moody

Stunts

Johnny Hock

Stunts

Clay Boss

Stunts

Alan Gibbs

Stunt Coordinator

Thomas Love

Special Effects

Bruce Bahrenburg

Unit Publicist

Willie Radcliff

Craft Service

Julie Adams

Dialect Coach

Paul Stewart

Special Effects

Rick Avery

Stunts

Directing

Mark Rydell

Director

Christopher Wilkinson

Second Unit Director

Robert Yannetti

Second Assistant Director

Jerry Ziesmer

First Assistant Director

Tena Psyche Yatroussis

Second Assistant Director

Betsy Norton

Script Supervisor

Editing

Robert Frazen

Assistant Editor

Beau Barthel

Assistant Editor

Rick Sparr

Associate Editor

Aubrey Head

Color Timer

Donah Bassett

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Randy Woodside

Best Boy Electrician

Michael Barrett

Electrician

Norman Ash

Electrician

Ted Varnadoe

Best Boy Electrician

Brent Poe

Electrician

Production

Robert Cortes

Producer

Barry Primus

Casting Consultant

Terry Carr

Unit Production Manager

Barbara Harris

ADR Voice Casting

Joe O'Har

Location Manager

Joan Wolpert

Production Coordinator

Jody Hummer

Extras Casting

Edward Lewis

Producer

Sound

Kay Rose

Supervising Sound Editor

Neil Burrow

Sound Editor

Victoria Sampson

Sound Editor

Jack Schrader

Sound Editor

Larry Singer

ADR Editor

John B. Schuyler

Boom Operator

Rod Rogers

Sound Assistant

Hector C. Gika

Sound Assistant

David M. Ronne

Production Sound Mixer

Jerry Rosenthal

Sound Editor

Duke Brown

Apprentice Sound Editor

John Roesch

Foley Artist

Chester Slomka

Sound Editor

Herbert W. Spencer

Orchestrator

Robert Thirlwell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nick Alphin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joan Rowe

Foley Artist

Kenneth Wannberg

Music Editor

John Williams

Original Music Composer

Writing

Julian Barry

Screenplay

Robert Dillon

Screenplay