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A widowed farmer (Jason Patric) on his way home helps a rich man's (Larry Drake) runaway slave girl (Thandie Newton) escape from the South. Rent The Journey of August King on Fandango at Home ...
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- John Duigan
- PG-13
- Jason Patric
This heart-affecting drama is about the spiritual potency of freedom and the redemptive power of love. Jason Patric plays a soft-spoken farmer in the Rocky Mountains of North Carolina in 1815 whose wife has recently died.
Ranked #3 in Berardinelli's Top 10 of 1995. Run Time: 1:32. U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-08. MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations) Genre: DRAMA. Subtitles: none. Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1. The Journey of August King is as close to a flawless motion picture as is likely to be produced by the film industry (independent or mainstream).
- John Duigan
- R
- Jason Patric
THE JOURNEY OF AUGUST KING tells the story of a young landowner who secretly smuggles a runaway slave to freedom in the North in the early 1800’s. Heading home from market in his covered wagon, August King encounters a determined slave owner, Olaf Singletary, on the lookout for his prized house slave named Annalees Williamsburg.
August King is a young man whose life is changed forever when he risks everything to help a beautiful woman on a courageous—and very dangerous—search for a new life. Desperate yet determined, the two set out on a harrowing journey towards freedom and find in each other the strength to overcome incredible odds. Rating. PG-13.
Mar 22, 1996 · Powered by JustWatch. John Duigan's “The Journey of August King” tells the story of a lonely man, returning to his rural home from the market, who encounters an escaped slave woman and decides to help her. He tells her what he is doing is “against the law,” but he does it anyway, in part because of guilt over a dead wife he was unable ...
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000. The movie is good-hearted, earnest and handsome to look at. But it is boring. The pacing, which is meant to be thoughtful, is lethargic. Full ...
