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Jessica Tandy vs. the wilderness — who's more stubborn?
TMDB
72
IMDb
67
Rotten Tomatoes
65
Audience Score
64
Google
81
Watch(US)

Foxfire (1987)

Appalachian gothiccozy melancholystubborn love story

Overview

DramaTV Movie

Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.

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Content warning
grief as geographymarriage as survivalfemale autonomy

Standout Aspects

Acting

Tandy and Cronyn's real-life chemistry hits different

Cinematography

Blue Ridge Mountains as character, not backdrop

Writing

Annie's monologues to Hector's ghost

Best for:Solo: Rainy afternoon when you need a good cry·Date Night: If your partner won't flinch at elderly romance·Rewatch: Catching Tandy's micro-expressions you missed
Heads up:Emotional: Dead spouse appears as comforting hallucination throughout·Triggers: Rural poverty, implied domestic tension in flashbacks
Jud Taylor

Director

Jud Taylor

ReleasedDec 13, 1987
Runtime1h 40m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitylow
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Marian Rees Associates

Top Cast

Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Annie Nations

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Hector Nations

John Denver

John Denver

Dillard Nations

Gary Grubbs

Gary Grubbs

Prince

Harriet Hall

Harriet Hall

Holly

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Madge Burton

Tony Trischka

Tony Trischka

Banjo

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Tandy and Cronyn were married 52 years; this was their final on-screen pairing before his death in 2003.

Cultural

Based on the 1980 play by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn, who adapted his own Appalachian family history.

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