Resurrection is a 1980 American drama film by Daniel Petrie and starring Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom and Eva Le Gallienne.[2] It was written by Lewis John Carlino, and produced by Renée Missel and Howard Rosenman.
It received two nominations at the 53rd Academy Awards; Best Actress (for Burstyn), and Best Supporting Actress (for Gallienne). Burstyn was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama at the 38th Golden Globe Awards.
Plot
Edna Mae (Burstyn) survives the car accident that kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.
Cast
- Ellen Burstyn as Edna Mae (Harper) McCauley
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Joseph "Joe" McCauley, Edna's husband
- Roberts Blossom as John Harper, Edna's father
- Eva Le Gallienne as Pearl, Edna's grandmother
- Lois Smith as Kathy, Edna's cousin
- Sam Shepard as Cal Carpenter, Edna's lover
- Richard Hamilton as Reverend Earl Carpenter, Cal's father
- Richard Farnsworth as Esco Brown, owner of "Last Chance Gas"
- Sylvia Walden as Louise, a woman Edna heals in Los Angeles
- Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood as Ruth, a townswoman Edna heals
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Reception
Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film a highly enthusiastic review on their weekly TV show Sneak Previews, with both praising Burstyn's performance and the handling of the subject matter.[3] Leonard Maltin gave the film three and a half stars out of a possible four, and noted the story as "beautifully realized", and praised Burstyn's "moving performance" as the "centerpiece of a wonderful and underrated film".[4]
Awards
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award | Best Actress[5] | Ellen Burstyn | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress[5] | Eva Le Gallienne | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Award | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama[6] | Ellen Burstyn | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Actress[7] | Ellen Burstyn | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress[7] | Eva Le Gallienne | Nominated | |
| Best Music[7] | Maurice Jarre | Nominated | |
| Best Writing[7] | Lewis John Carlino | Nominated | |
| National Board of Review | Top Ten Films[8] | -- | Won |
| Best Supporting Actress[8] | Eva Le Gallienne | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | Best Supporting Actress[9] | Eva Le Gallienne | Template:Draw |
Home media
Resurrection was released on DVD in 2010 as part of the Universal Vault Series of DVD-on-Demand titles.[10] A Blu-ray version followed in 2019.[11]
In other media
Book
A novelization was written by George Gipe and released in 1980.[12]
Television
The film was remade for television in 1999. It was directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and starred Dana Delany.[13]
References
- ↑
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Resurrection, 1980 Retrieved November 20, 2016
- ↑ "The Jazz Singer, A Change of Seasons, Seems Like Old Times, Resurrection, 1980", Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard. 2014 Movie Guide. Penguin Books, page 1169. ISBN 978-0-451-41810-4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981)".. Oscars.org.
- ↑ "Winners and Nominees - Ellen Burstyn", Golden Globe Awards.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA".. IMDb.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "National Board of Review, USA".. IMDb.
- ↑ "New York Film Critics Circle Awards", IMDb.
- ↑ Home Media magazine Universal Bows 'Vault Series' On Demand DVDs Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ↑ Blu-ray.com listing for Resurrection Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ GoodReads.com listing for Resurrection Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Resurrection (TV Movie 1999", IMDb.
External links
- 1980 film:
Resurrection at the Internet Movie Database
- 1999 TV film: Resurrection at the Internet Movie Database
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