Walking Across Egypt
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Initial DVD release June 14, 2005 Duration Language English | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 17, 1999 (1999-12-17) Cast (Wesley Benfield), (Lamar N. Benfield), (Robert Rigsbee), (Mattie Rigsbee) Similar movies Ellen Burstyn appears in Walking Across Egypt and Playing by Heart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walking Across Egypt is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by veteran director Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Paul Tamasy, based on Clyde Edgerton's novel of the same name. Walking Across Egypt represents one of the more significant independent films produced in the Florida film industry in recent times.
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Plot
The film follows the life of Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), an elderly woman who believes in strong religious convictions. The film explores the lonely qualities of life for senior citizens after their children leave as adults. Judge Reinhold and Gail O'Grady play Mattie's children who live in a deep southern town.
Mattie soon finds a likable friend in the local dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Mark Hamill). It is through this relationship in which she meets the dogcatcher's nephew, a troubled, foul-mouthed, orphaned juvenile delinquent, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), currently serving time in juvenile detention for a recent car theft. Mattie finds that this young man is just missing direction and believes that with a little insight on Christianity he can straighten up and fly right.
Cast
Production
Walking Across Egypt was filmed in the Florida cities of: Ocoee (including the Ocoee Christian Church), Clermont, Windermere, Orlando, and St. Cloud.
Reception
77% of the audience liked the film on Rotten Tomatoes.
References
Walking Across Egypt WikipediaWalking Across Egypt IMDb Walking Across Egypt themoviedb.org