Carrie Watts has one wish - to return to Bountiful her childhood home but she is repeatedly stopped by her son and daughter-in-law who are both concerned for her health. Each time she tries to escape she is caught until finally she eludes everyone and catches a bus to Bountiful.
Set in Houston Texas during the 1940's Carrie Watts lives with her hen-pecked son and his controlling wife. Entering the last years of her life she wishes that she could revisit the town of Bountiful the place where she grew up as a child. However her son and his wife are very reluctant to let her go for her health and financial reasons. Carrie decides that an escape attempt is due... Catching a bus to Bountiful she meets and strikes up a conversation with a young woman (Rebecca De Mornay) to whom she recounts the story of her life...
Set in Houston Texas during the 1940's Carrie Watts lives with her hen-pecked son and his controlling wife. Entering the last years of her life she wishes that she could revisit the town of Bountiful the place where she grew up as a child. However her son and his wife are very reluctant to let her go for her health and financial reasons. Carrie decides that an escape attempt is due... Catching a bus to Bountiful she meets and strikes up a conversation with a young woman (Rebecca De Mornay) to whom she recounts the story of her life... Based on Horton Foote's Oscar-nominated screenplay this film features an Oscar-winning performance from Geraldine Page and is available for the first time on DVD!
Sometimes Your Only Chance For Love Comes Once. Academy Award winner Diane Keaton (The First Wives Club Annie Hall) and Sam Shepard (Steel Magnolias) are paired as two ill-fated lovers who risk a chance at happiness for fear of commitment. Reece McHenry (Shepard) runs a clothing store where he meets Carol (Keaton) a seamstress and single mother looking for work. The two soon find they are attracted to each other but are afraid of expressing their emotions. As the years pass the deep friendship develops into love but perhaps because of time and circumstances it may be too late. Now Carol's daughter (Diane Lane) and Reece's son (Robert Patrick) who have been friends since childhood have fallen in love and may be making the same mistakes as their parents. The Only Thrill is the powerfully tender story of love long delayed and almost lost.
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