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Divorcee nita longley has been brought into the town by the telephone company to work as its switchboard operator, a job which requires her to be at the switchboard day and night. Shunned by the respectable townsfolk because of her marital breakup, spacek must endure the unwanted attentions of. Both movies were made by the universal pictures studio. The raggedy man poem by james whitcomb riley poem hunter. Nita sissy spacek, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small texas town in world war ii.
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Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, works as a switchboard operator in gregory, texas in world war ii where she develops a friendship with a sailor on leave. Raggedy man 1981 jack fisk synopsis, characteristics. One response to raggedy man 1981 david csontos, on august 6th, 2011 at 2. The adventures of raggedy ann and andy is an american animated tv series that aired 17 september 1988 and ended in 1990. Varese sarabande 302 066 460 2 country united states format cd release date 22apr2003 upn 030206646023. Financial analysis of raggedy man 1981 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Nita longley is a divorced mother of two living in the small town of gregory, working at a deadend job as a switchboard operator which she was initially promised would lead to bigger and better things. Sissy spacek was directed by her husband jack fisk in 1981s raggedy man. The adventures of raggedy ann and andy season 1 episode 12. It is based on the dolls raggedy ann and andy by johnny gruelle. Frustrated by her deadend job as a telephone operator and divorced from her drunken second husband sam shepard, nita finds comfort and understanding in the arms of a passing sailor eric. Raggedy man 1981 jack fisk, sissy spacek, eric roberts. Inside the bar, calvin and arnold discuss their chances of having sex with nita longley, figuring that a divorced woman must be as sexstarved as they were when they were cellmates at huntsville prison. Raggedy man 1981 soundtrack music by jerry goldsmith.
Raggedy man remembers the smalltown years of world war ii so exactly that, although not yet born when the war broke out, i found myself remembering things i didnt even know i knew. Released 1981, raggedy man stars sissy spacek, eric roberts, sam shepard, william sanderson the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Sissy spacek stars in this bittersweet drama about a young mother, her two sons and the mysterious benefactor who touches them all. The raggedy man, sam shepard a dark, derelict figure wearing a hat over his scarred face, walks past them, dragging a lawn mower. Movies like raggedy man if you like raggedy man you are looking for sincere, serious and realistic movies about with small town, friendship, family relations, parents and children, couples, single parent and woman in danger themes of drama genre shot in usa. Watch raggedy man online stream full movie directv. Raggedy man 1981 is a drama movie starring sissy spacek and eric roberts. As the subject of disdainful gossip due to her divorce, nita faces a lonely existence of ostracism, where only the unscrupulous approach her often with ill intent. Raggedy man is a drama that takes place in 1940s texas. The consensus was also that nobody had ever heard of it. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town. Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small texas town in world war ii. Raggedy man, a name for the doctor starting in the eleventh hour doctor who. Again, crazy shout outs and thanks to digital stimulation for providing arsenals of treats and my man aleph for ripping the tapes to mp3 to share the music with us all.
Spacek plays a divorced mother of two who tries to go it alone in mid1940s texas. Im going to go ahead and must this one anyway even though i agree about the conclusion being harsh. Oscar winner sissy spacek stars in raggedy man 1981, her first film since being named best actress for her performance in coal miners daughter 1980. Mar, 20 nita sissy spacek, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small texas town in world war ii. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Raggedy man 1981 while world war ii rages overseas, a divorced mother of two, nita longley sissy spacek, struggles to makes ends meet as a telephone operator in smalltown texas.
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