Rachel River
Encyclopedia
Rachel River is a 1987
comedy-drama
film about a young journalist who returns to her Minnesota
home town to reexamine her life. The film was directed by Sandy Smolan
, and stars Pamela Reed
, Ailene Cole, Don Cosgrove, and Craig T. Nelson
.
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
film about a young journalist who returns to her Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
home town to reexamine her life. The film was directed by Sandy Smolan
Sandy Smolan
-Early career:He started his career by directing the 1987 Rachel River, which took two awards at the Sundance Film Festival.-Directing Credits:* Descending from Heaven* The Middleman* Men in Trees* Eli Stone...
, and stars Pamela Reed
Pamela Reed
Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Ruth Powers in various episodes of TV's The Simpsons, as Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic partner in the 1990 movie Kindergarten Cop and as the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho...
, Ailene Cole, Don Cosgrove, and Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson
Craig Theodore Nelson is an American actor. He is probably best known for his Emmy-winning roles as Hayden Fox on the TV series Coach, and as Steve Freeling in the 1982 film Poltergeist. He also starred in The Incredibles in 2004 as Mr...
.