Country (1984) Sam Shepard | Jessica Lange - True Drama HD

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[@sadee1287]

@@Sarahwhitting3 Honey, there isn't a farmer alive or anyone else who wouldn't take the Lord's name in vain if their farm were being sold out from under them. I'm not defending it, but this movie is based on real life and real people, and real people swear and say things when faced with dire circumstances. A movie representing real life doesn't candy-coat it. This movie is not trash.

[@richarddavis7124]

Thank You so much for putting this movie up, its nigh impossible to find anywhere, I teach history and Agri Science in Ireland, I always wanted to teach more US 1980s history to my students in thier gap year (16) brilliant source this movie, also teach geography so this movie hits all three. where can i subscribe to you?

[@bulldawg5563]

Loosing a farm is like losing a family member. I watched it firsthand as a teenager in the late 1980’s as we lost our family farm after 90 years in Southeast Texas. There’s still a sting all these years later. I will always be grateful for what I was taught there by my Father and Grandfather.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Too bad that they didn’t think to check for an oil deposit; might have paid off the debts as well as supplementing income, providing that there’s just one oil well for every 10 square acres according to the character portrayed by the late actor Robert Preston in the classic 1947 movie “TULSA”.

[@xtrmfisher]

As I watch this movie there is something that sticks out to me. There is no social media. No smart phones. Sometimes I wouldn’t mind going back to a time where things were a little simpler. This is an amazing movie. Great work.

[@regaliaretailfashionmerch4314]

So true, I actually miss having A SINGLE phone no. for regular landline or cordless receiver, enough of these these smartphones or mobiles

[@lindamcfadden5522]

I do not like the technical world we live!!! I know we won't go back to simpler times, but life would Sure be better for me and many like me. The technical world we live in has been nothing but trouble for me. I wish for the days when we had one phone, and everybody knew where It was. It's getting out of hand. I heard on the news that soon the "coworker next to you will be a robot! It's an awful world we live in!!

[@myroom4640]

People bag out todays technology, YET here we are watching an amazing movie from 1984/ there’s negatives and positives in absolutely EVERYTHING!!!! No one says one hast to be glued to their devices: it’s NOT mandatory is it!! It’s all about moderation, and it’s also nice to be able to phone home etc whenever one wants to. I too grew up in the seventies and eighties: there’s ALWAYS been problems with humanity etc. We can CHOOSE the negative side/ or focus on the positives………

[@myroom4640]

@@regaliaretailfashionmerch4314 YOU can still choose a landline; my parents have just the landline now; they choose also not to go online; they don’t even have a microwave; so it’s ones own CHOICE.

[@MicheleWalkerWebb]

@@myroom4640 My mom still has the landline and the same number we had when we moved into that house when I was in 2nd grade. At least 45 years.

[@jamesroach3000]

I’m amazed that a large part of the population in this country think that food comes from a grocery store. It comes from dirt, sweat, struggle, blood and a lot of luck. This film embraces the human spirit!

[@carolewilson1311]

@james roach.dont know where ya from but sad to say many inner city kids in uk same

[@austinteutsch]

Reminds me of that statement when the woman asked, "Why is everyone worried about mad cow diease....all the meat is in the grocery stores."

[@bobgillis1137]

Its sad to see the family farm disappearing over the decades. Good on the hardy lot that remain.

[@shayekisitu]

I just drove from Kentucky to Colorado recently and passed through Missouri, Indiana, and Kansas…….much respect to the Farmers here in America 🇺🇸…….I saw miles and miles and acres and acres of beautiful farmland and cattle. Thank God and God bless every farmer who provides us with the wonderful and delicious food that is cooked, put on my table, eaten and enjoyed. Farmers are amazing people. ❤️👌🏻👍🏻

[@mariesahota1478]

Yup and WE farmers AS WE speak ASKING MODI TO understand that and pay US WHAT we deserve

[@antoniodjordjevic9493]

One of Jessica Langes best performances on Film. This was her passion project, a very moving film and a well deserved Oscar nomination!

[@beauginny9919]

It's beautiful to watch Jessica & Sam on screen together. Once married almost 3 decades & parted but should have a place in each others heart eternally. They did a fabulous job & you could feel the pain & hardships of the backbone of our food suppliers. God bless our farmers for their courage & may God grant them success. RIP Sam +++

[@sassysandie2865]

They never married.

[@theredrover3217]

I want to say everytime I see Jessica Lange I'm reminded of someone in the industry telling me she was by far and large THE most beautiful woman he had ever seen. 😊

[@jamesdevito4286]

WHAT ??????????????? SAM SHEPERD PASSED????? SAM WAS IN MY FAVORITE MOVIE STEALTH WHERE HE DID DIE IN THAT MOVIE!!!!!!!! I LOVED WHEN HE REPLIED "POLITICS ARE FOR POLITICIANS." JAMES J.DEVITOIII;GENERAL DYNAMICS,ELECTRONICS DIVISION

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

And a good performance that should have defeated Sally Field’s from “PLACES IN THE HEART”.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

“Well, now I wouldn’t say that.” The little man from the draftboard in the classic 1945 animated short subject picture of “DRAFTEE DAFFY”.

[@gumamell]

This movie made me cry. God Bless all the Farmers around world.

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

Wonderful movie. I cried when the boy bought back the harness for his grandfather. People who struggle to farm in such harsh climates, whether winter storms or harsh sun and droughts should be helped more. Without farmers we have no food.

[@meld2584]

Exactly!

[@RVBadlands2015]

Agreed

[@MsOneaglewings]

Growing up in farming I can relate to this movie. Have total respect for every farmer. It’s hard work. I think that many of our young people who feel they are entitled to everything without contributing anything should spend a summer working on a farm. It’s hard work and can be very rewarding.

[@cleardarkness888]

Farm kids have an amazing work ethic!

[@robertrodriguez7131]

City people don’t know it .

[@violusiaangel1391]

I wouldn't say rewarding, the pay is ridiculously bad. My grandparents died overworked and never helped by government when times were really hard

[@violusiaangel1391]

@@robertrodriguez7131 The certainly don't... true true true

[@williambremner9022]

Working on my family's farm in summers as a teenager was one of the best times of my life. Learn a solid work ethic; contribute to a family business; and see the result of your hard work. It's back-breaking hard but when the sun goes down it feels oh so good. Loved every moment...and re-live them in memories often.

[@bigriver2000]

I'm at the 47 minute mark of this film and I am amazed at how accurate it depicts the deplorable way the governments treat people in North America including Canada. I am not a farmer, but I am dealing with the Canadian government on very relevant issues and watching this film has brought on considerable anxiety. When the government decides to make an example of people struggling, they do it without any human compassion whatsoever. It is a crime against humanity to torture people this way.

[@cathy1679]

It’s the cabal who run the world . If people only knew the truth .

[@kathleenharris6068]

ANY form of government is NOT our friend and they never will be!

[@szk7505]

And yet when the - at least formally - democratic elections come in the aforementioned countries, the people elect leftoid puppets Lenin would have happily taken lessons from on how to destroy society. Something is very wrong in the west.

[@lauren9004]

I’m so sorry

[@Isawwhatyoudid]

This was during Reagan - he did everything he could to screw the little guy.

[@showdust]

Even now the government is still hurting our farmers . Save the family farms!!

[@RHodge317]

You didn't let the end of the movie play out showing him hug her then she finally hugs him back, then the radio announcement that a federal judge stopped all FmHA foreclosures until the farmers have a chance to get their finances back in order. This was key to the movie's closure.

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

THANKS for the key, Richie. 🗝️ For being based on real events, it's a huge oversight to miss the details. Gratitude.🕯️

[@RT-vw6yw]

Thank you! I would have never known unless I scrolled way down through the comments. Appreciate that.

[@cathyt144]

That part really should have been allowed to play thru. It gives hope, thats what we all need to survive the tough times.

[@brighterdaysplantnurseryan2629]

Thank you.

[@cathystanley3933]

THANK YOU! I was thinking that the movie kind of just left us hanging...wondering what happened with their situation. I scrolled through the comments, looking for additional insight. Glad I did! They definitely should have played that final part,

[@r6343]

I grew up on a farm in the 50's and 60's. This movie hit home for me in so many ways. It felt like real life and not like a movie.

[@thraciangrapes]

Me too, my dad raised thoroughbreds and all the surrounding land was farms and woods. I'm very happy I grew up that way. It's a rare thing.

[@RVBadlands2015]

I grew up on a farm during that same time and it was a hard life milking cows before going to school. All the government did was tear families apart. Which there still doing .

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Likewise.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

How true that is.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Because of the fact that the FmHA is under the control of the G.O.P., and the banking corporations are taking the blame. It’s been going on since the days of Herbert Hoover!

[@joycehoward5193]

Worked on my grandparents farm until the government took it away;It is honest hard work and teaches you so much;Its a shame that way of life has been taken away from this generation simply because of greedy government

[@nadinebentel2362]

Jessica Lange never ceases to amaze me with her versatility. She is the best actress ever.

[@Dedee009]

The best❤

[@cathyt144]

Farmers and truckers keep this country going. We need to always show our respect for each other,but esp them. This was an awesome but heartbreaking movie. I love how they stuck together and when the boy bought that harness and handed it to his grandpa it spoke multitudes without a word exchanged. Ripped at my heartstrings.i wish the movie was played until the end tho.

[@lin_mrachek]

The father beating the son and the mother come running was so dramatic. It gave me chills. The movie also has many moments that bring tears to your eyes. Superb acting by everyone in the cast.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Gil Ivy was mad because he complimented the sparrows building in nest in the hayloft, and his son replied, “The H-E-Double-Toothpicks with the sparrows!”

[@renacraft7001]

This movie broke my heart. Being from a farmer family all of my 73 years, the truth really hurt.

[@michaelhatem6085]

Thank you

[@dahliaapollo7938]

They sure needed a president like trump!!!

[@austinteutsch]

My grandmother farmed for 80 of her 93 years. I learned it from her. It is one of the most honorable jobs on God's green Earth.

[@sadee1287]

@@dahliaapollo7938 And what did he do? Nothing. He is in bed with money just like everyone else. He was not your saviour. Get it through your head that both parties are in it for the money.

[@lyndabond1570]

It’s really sad that in America the average farmer makes in 2021 on average 12.000 dollars personal income a year. Unless a farmer is working with a co- op program like Tyson chicken etc and even then the income level of most farmers is below the poverty line. It’s not right. Especially when we’re importing food from other countries instead of helping in our own back yard.

[@teotaylor4]

I worked at a local bank during the farm crisis in the early ‘80’s. It was a terribly sad time for the farmers of our community. And this movie is an extremely accurate description of how it all happened.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

While the banking corporations were taking all the blame for the foreclosures, the real masterminds behind are the employees of the government agency known as the FmHA (Farm-Home Administration), and that’s no lie!

[@InFltSvc]

This was one hell of a great movie …And it’s mostly true! I grew up in farm county in the 70’s and 80’s back in PA and I remember my mom talking about a distant relative in Iowa that had a farm going through this very thing. Then the rotten government puts their hands in it and screws the poor farmers. If it was not for the extreme hard work of farmers none of us would eat. It’s that simple ….

[@bryonkidder6199]

The "government" was Ronald Reagan! Republicans and Republican policies are responsible for this, don't ever forget about that! We needed the Democrats to try to make things right! Farm Aide wasn't formed by Republicans...lol Jimmy Carter was a farmer...lol Just sayin'

[@nancyfindley2480]

Yes so very true!

[@Benmelech]

The wife had bigger kahunas than her wimpy husband Gil.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

The FmHA lended the money to the farmers while the state department issued embargoes on foreign sales of U.S. based agricultural goods setting off a domino effect to bring about foreclosures on family owned farms and ranches alike.

[@marythomas3982]

God bless our farmers. Many of us don't realize the pressures they endure each growing season, the uncertainty of the weather and market prices to stay ahead of their loans.

[@salvadorchavez8386]

Great Film !!! God bless the Farmers and their Families 🙏🇺🇸💪🏼

[@hansjohan3150]

And the rich buyers of agricultural products thank all farmers al over the world as well, for giving them their products almost for nothing! Carry on, do your jobs, make us even richer!

[@toribews4193]

Is that Fifteen and Pregnant is Different movie?

[@nadinebentel2362]

How Julie fought for her family ! One of the most heart wrenching and life affirming films I have ever seen. Thank you for the privilege of watching such a superb cast.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

It’s spelled Jewell.

[@Nessie2410]

Love this film. Truly admire the farmers in the world for what they have contributed. Sam Shepard/Jessica Lange looked so good together.

[@mariapelayo7317]

A heartbreaking true story about the demise of American family farmers. Today our produce comes from all parts of the world, picked weeks before it's fully ready for picking. At one time Santa Clara Valley in Northern California was known as the bread- basket of the world where a variety of fruits and vegetables were grown. Here many canneries existed year- round contributing to the valley's economic prosperity and a great place for summer jobs for high school and college students. That rich earth was plowed under to build millions of homes for an expanding population headed westward to make their fortunes. Today the Valley is called Silicon Valley where housing is too expensive for many hard-working middle class citizens to buy. In my opinion, this is not progress for many Americans but an example of greed.

[@JoDo777]

Thank psychopath owned corporations

[@itz2komplikayted207]

Exactly! No wonder food doesn't taste or nourish like food anymore, and your overpriced veg seems to go rotten the minute you leave the supermarket! 🙄🙄🙄

[@suzanmiller558]

The produce you purchase in the grocery store has been sitting in the warehouse for at least a year

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

Sam Sheppard..always loved him RIP to a wonderful actor, writer and very cool

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Now he belongs to the ages.

[@janehoward1584]

The indomitable spirit of a strong woman. Woman if courage of courage & grit whose family finally came together in unconditional love for each other.

[@farmerbill6855]

To this day, this happens across the country. Every time the government gets involved, no matter what it is, the people get the shaft while the lawyers and the politicians prosper. Sadly, it'll get worse.

[@robertrodriguez7131]

All this politicians and bad lawyers must have terminal CANCER MINIMUN 3 months

[@nitehawk-de8fy]

can't eat money

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Because we have too many G.O.P.s in rural areas who want to see more housing tracts built as well as factories and warehouses. For starters, if more factory and warehouse owners would use railroads 🛤 as transportation, or possibly independent or self-employed semi truckers known as owner-operators instead of using inland waterways everything would truly be normal in our nation. For example, inland waterways often intersect with highway bridges that are paid for with tax dollars. Therefore, both the railroads and the independent semi truckers are the better choices for the transportation of farm products.

[@marianserra8371]

Pray for our countries farmers and ranchers. My heart hurts for all the destruction from droughts, fires and floods. Our country feels as if it is dying . Movies like these like Norma Ray sheds light and opens our eyes to unfair and myopic government. I write this in the seventh month of 2021, God bless us all.. ✝️ 🇺🇲 🇬🇪

[@melodyelson3202]

Thank you for your words . We should put together a concert for farm aide ... let's share this movie with friends and family to show us all that we can and should pull together

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

For starters, wasn’t the movie “NORMA RAE” centered around the textile industry?

[@TheGeordieClan]

Farmers are our most valuable asset. When you can buy direct, it keeps them in business and they don't get ripped off by all the middle men.

[@moonb784]

It is not only beautiful movie but also meaningful to describe the years of 80. It is really worth to see the whole film.

[@hansjohan3150]

And he who knows the past, he's prepared for the future.

[@Artytype1]

I think there's a great chemistry and authenticity when Sam Shepard and Jessica Lang are on screen together. Sam Shepard - what a class act. And I love watching Jessica on screen - she takes my breath away. Thanks for sharing. Good life to you.

[@robertrodriguez7131]

I prefer miss Lange than Meryl Streep who seemed silent during that time a Hollywood producer abducting starlets

[@joanmarietsultrimparkin1821]

They got married.

[@christimichaels202]

Such an excellent movie. So insightful into the world affirming. The acting was absolutely stellar and I can’t stop crying

[@kenanmorg4677]

This film reminds us of how tough things were in the early 80s. I had just joined the Navy and the most frequent question asked by the young recruits in boot camp was, "when will we get our first paycheck?" Needless to say, a lot of those young guys sent that first check straight back home and those folks were glad to get it. This movie has such a wonderful cast and their performances drive this story home so well. Thanks for this.

[@MTknitter22]

the four years before 1980 were much worse

[@vernwallen4246]

I joined the Navy in 1962 n Great Lakes Illinois.The CC and his assistant stole from us several times and if we complained we would be given HARD extra duty.THEIVES.

[@Coffee_rat_3]

OH MY GOD, this movie make me cry a lot. GOG BLESS all the FARMERS. ☹️

[@s.t.santos5928]

Great movie. Heart-wrenching without going melodramatic. Amazing performances by the entire cast, great story, and direction.

[@hansjohan3150]

But do people learn from this movie, witch is in fact an documentary?

[@s.t.santos5928]

@@hansjohan3150 It's WHICH. Documentary or not, I learned a lot from it and appreciated that humanity was alive and well.

[@hansjohan3150]

@@s.t.santos5928 I did mean, do people realy appreciate farmers and their work, or will they continuate talking about certain negative consequenses of farming over here, and prefere buying stuf from far away (from which they don't know anything but that it's cheap)?

[@s.t.santos5928]

@@hansjohan3150 I'll chat in Tagalog cuz from your diction, I know you are a Filipino, too. Dito sa Pilipinas, naniniwala ako na ang mga magsasaka ay hindi nabibigyan ng sapat na pagkilala at suporta ng pamahalaan. Nananatili mahirap ang karamihan kasi walang subsidy ang pamahalaan, di tulad sa Japan. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang patakaran dyan sa States; mas alam mo siguro dahil nag-migrate ka na dyan. On the other hand, people watch movies from different vantage points; I did from the point of view of humanity; you did from the point of view of economics. I guess to each his own.

[@hansjohan3150]

@@s.t.santos5928 If people are economic treated as slaves, what does that say about their humanity?

[@kathrynk181]

Good, down to earth movie...makes you realize the struggles we all have to make ends meet.

[@toots810usa6]

I used to watch this movie over and over back in the 80's when all this was going on. Nobody cared about the farmers....and now we have corporate farms, chemically contaminated food and soil, and nobody knows how to grow their own food and sustain their families. All courtesy of the government once again....once they start a list, there will be another and another. Love this movie and you have a new subscriber!

[@kidmack1121]

I CARED! I grew up in semi-rural SoCal and we grew our own and bartered with our neighbors in trade for what we didn't grow. I still have my ANF Farm Aid stickers, and rooted for Hayden Frye and his 1985 Hawkeyes that year in support of our farmer families. One of the reasons I still despise Reagan to this very day.

[@toots810usa6]

@@kidmack1121 Same here....I was in Denver Metro, and I was 16 yrs old and remember all my friend's parents lost their jobs and we went into a bad recession when Reagan killed all the alternative energy grants. Colorado was at the cutting edge of solar and wind power, but they killed it all. I cannot stand Reagan. Can you imagine if we had all the extra 20 yrs of research in this area when people finally got on board with alternative energy??? God Bless and stay safe out there in Cali!!

[@kidmack1121]

@@toots810usa6 The average, of the most average American has forgotten about exactly what this film is about, I must confess that I didn't know about the particular cut that you've mentioned, but I remember that he would come on TV at night and brag about ALL OF THE CUTS he made that very day. Some of US equated it with how many Americans he unemployed THAT very day. I went out in the early mornings to submit applications, and returned home around 1pm hoping for the phone to ring...it never did. I ended up serving a "sentence" in the coast guard. The only good thing out of all of that waiting by the phone was that I became a devotee of All My Children, after seeing an episode and with it my introduction to "Pamela" (Kathrine Kamhi) who I had eyes for! In spite of everything...we came through it and no thanks to him either. Nice talking to you.

[@kidmack1121]

@Cat Magic Hello "Down North"! I spent quite a bit of time up there during his reign of...terror? horror?, Well you evidently know what I mean. Yes, I couldn't understand why Mulroney sucked up to him. Most embarrassingly; I had to answer to my Canadian friends and acquaintances as to "What are you Yanks doing?!" With troops deployed in Grenada, Beirut, Central America, Afghanistan etc. All awhile he's overtly picking a direct and conventional confrontation with the Soviets. I feebly explained that I didn't vote for him, and no one that I associated with voted for him, and that in the same State that he was Governor in (My State) he was collectively hated by most of the population because of his racist policies, ultra establishment rhetoric, and his war mongering tone during the Vietnam War. They never treated me badly, so I assume they understood, especially when you had Mulroney supporting him, which was also out of step with many of the young Canadians too. The younger people I talk to presently, can't believe that I didn't get more upset with Trump. I tell them that in my experience, Reagan was much worse, and DANGEROUS

[@james44mag31]

It was always the plan to put this small independent farmer out of business! Then the introduction of GMOs into our food supply! They are demons!!

[@Coffee_rat_3]

GOD BLESS ALL THE FARMERS in the world.

[@alphapower4568]

Amen🙏Amen🙏God Blessed You Too🙏🙏

[@hansjohan3150]

And bless all the Chinese, Indien, Bangla Deshian and other poor workers al over the world for doing jobs we don't wan't to do, for a payment we don't accept, and let the multinationals profit of human resourses all over the world.

[@nancywright4430]

Yesss, especially now because Biden will destroy them

[@annacaldwell8151]

@@nancywright4430 PRESIDENT BIDEN knows best so buy HATER👋👋😀😃😄😁😆🤷🏿‍♀️👌🏿🥲

[@johnlindsay6923]

@@hansjohan3150 yeah and these workers helped build the great railways in the USA and later ostracised.

[@francollins4036]

This is a superb film. Brilliantly directed. Brilliant acting. A real gem. Like watching a documentary such is the acting and script.

[@GuadalupeGuacamole]

Watch Jessica Lange in this movie and Sissy Spacek in “The River”...& you’ll never eat a meal without thanking a farmer again.

[@eviebev4487]

I'm always grateful for farmers..should get the awards & also the ones that pick the fruits & vegetables & also the truck drivers that deliver them to the supermarket, thankful for the stock people who put everything on the shelves, thankful for the cashiers...❤

[@vernwallen4246]

🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Marylnnrose0124]

Evie Bev ----You're a good soul Evie Bev

[@Ace-ke7fq]

Well I think Mare Winningham would've been a way better choice in this..Jessica is too old looking for this..

[@GuadalupeGuacamole]

@@Ace-ke7fq no way🤣

[@g-palloyd3600]

This is an excellent, true life movie. Life can be tough, then you die. Truth is, our world today is far less compassionate then when these people went through this. Money is the bottom line.

[@judeirwin2222]

Your sentiment is fine. But "far less compassionate THAN when" is correct.

[@g-palloyd3600]

@@judeirwin2222 wow! I stand corrected. Many people would certainly understand what I meant. I have seen hundreds of mistakes such as typos, spell check errors etc. in these comments, but never felt it necessary to point them out. Must be nice to be perfect....TROLL!

[@petpilgrimgoose]

Sadly, so true.

[@sharebear3828]

@@judeirwin2222 Very rude of you

[@myroom1913]

@@g-palloyd3600 I sometimes put than and then in the wrong place also. Ur right; because not one of us is perfect………

[@junedarts9024]

I agree with the other comments. Bless all farmers and producers of food everywhere. I was crying for those poor people who sweat thir guts out every single day. Amen

[@bryonkidder6199]

They were fighting against Republican policies because Ronald Reagan didn't care about Farmers! Democrats have always fought for Farmers.

[@babylittleguy]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Thank you

[@judywallace1875]

Thanks for posting God bless the farmers, this is how we treat them..🙏🏻🕊️🦋💜💜💚🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@austinteutsch]

First off, that scene with the rubber, classic. Also, I've worked on a ranch/farm and let me tell you, it's one of the hardest, most labor intensive jobs you'll ever have. And what makes it even harder is it never ends. But there is a reward in there somewhere, it's up to the farmer to find it.

[@DC-cv9ch]

Bought my first son a box of runners to prevent a teen pregnancy. Got one anyway. 2nd son no run era, just a lot of preaching and he is almost 30 and no grandkids from him. Lol

[@johnneiswander2511]

I CRIED...THIS MOVIE REALLY HITS HOME...COMING FROM 4 GENERATIONS OF FARMING...I REALLY LIKED THE HUMILITY OF GIL AFTER EMOTIONAL LOSS..AND THE RECONCILIATION OF THE FAMILY THRU SUPPORTING WIFE.AND HILARIOUS GRANDPA🤪🎥🇮🇱🇺🇸

[@scottleonardson3656]

Amazing movie! Excellent acting about real life...

[@kristinamikkelsoncasanova6287]

My grandparents farm was taken in this manner in Nebraska..so I can feel the pain ..after what they went through.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Too bad that neither the House of Representatives in Congress nor the Senate have any committees to supervise the foreclosure activities of the FmHA to keep them in check before they try pulling off a foreclosure, which naturally they’ll blame on any banking corporation that’s handy for blaming.

[@cks57youto53]

Beautiful movie Wonderful actors and perfect scenery for a era of time when life was not easy at times

[@hansjohan3150]

For farmers nothing has changed.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Several farmers in Eastern Kentucky lost their land in the late 1960s to early 1970s all because it was near the Ragland Oil Field, which was forced by the administrations of U.S. Presidents Johnson and Nixon to cease production of crude oil in order for the Army Corps of Engineers to build Cave Run Lake so sporting fishermen would have a place to catch trophy sized muskies.

[@joywalsh6012]

Excellent movie! Great actors and a very moving story!

[@chrismedernach6092]

Oh dear this movie made me cry, so much. I thought that only Forrest Gump would raise emotions but this movie is also so beautiful

[@jans2887]

What are you on, mister. "Only Forrest Gump would raise emotions"?

[@lin_mrachek]

Farm life is so difficult. Great acting Excellent film.

[@benjaminsmith5811]

I seen this movie when I was a kid when I was growing up on a farm in Minnesota, it was my grandparents Farm. So brings back a lot of memories.

[@pizzachick6884]

We NEEEED OUR FARMERS, WHATEVER THEY NEED GIVE IT TO THEM , THEY WORK ENDLESSLY IN SPRING AND WINTER TO FEED OUR FAMILIES

[@brena3209]

Well with Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos buying up all our land in North America. Pretty soon it will be a synthetic meat farm.

[@katieskorner8164]

And now the Commie Globalists own all seed thus own the farmers ability to grow and harvest. Sickening. Bill Gates is the biggest owner of farm land ...how? Crippling farmers till they cant make it anymore. Commies said..."Own the food ..own the world". They took the seed GOD gave us...seed that reproduces itself and replaced it with GMO chemically saturated frankenfood that farmers have to purchace every growing season.

[@krmccarrell]

@@brena3209 #3 Ted Turner (CNN), #25 Jeff Bezos (Amazon), #49 Bill Gates (Microsoft). Yes, I agree. I find it very disturbing.

[@sadee1287]

@@katieskorner8164 Your Trump shook hands with Monsanto, so he didn't do squat to help farmers either. No Commies, just American greed on the part of all governments. Bush didn't fix it, and neither did Reagan. Quit creating a fake entity to blame when it's your own government - Republican as well as Democrat - who has and is selling out farmers. Farmers who willingly step up and buy Ready Roundup every year. Ask them why?

[@psychodelicrock12]

@@pizzachick6884 amen

[@kellywilson8440]

This movie is the most accurate ive ever seen , Back in the early eighties this kind of activity from the FHA is what kicked off Farm Aid !

[@dianeoh8795]

True, this movie is great because of the acting and the story, but there was also activism involved. It's clear that Lange and Shepard cared about this issue and wanted to bring light to it. Unfortunately, farming has been turned over to corporate business in America. Small farms are just that now.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

The full initials were FmHA, in case you can’t read.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Quite possibly.

[@lisamartynec9985]

Makes me think of my farmer friends in Manitoba, Canada. Such good honest, generous people.

[@denisespurlock]

I am first generation non farmer in Indiana so this movie touches me so.

[@karenwedemire6093]

Great movie really enjoyed watching rest in peace Sam Shepard.

[@elladupree4267]

God give each and every farmer & their families the characteristics of joy and peace. Thank you farmers for my fresh foods. May God continue to bless you & keep you💝

[@Northern_Farmer]

Always remembered how good this film was back in the day right till now

[@katieparkin484]

TO me this movie is about America. The hard working, spiritual loving, family loving dedication to what life gives you. America never gives up, it will continue to fight for those values and standards. Work hard, look at the sky and thank God.

[@hansjohan3150]

We work hard, and others take the profit. And even the presidents are religious .......

[@CheyennefromTaos]

And its happening globally. 💔

[@jamesocallaghan8548]

No different in Australia.Farming is farming no matter what country.Tough life,tough people.Christian and non Christian alike.Salt of the earth is how we refer to them.

[@katieparkin484]

@@jamesocallaghan8548 Thank God there are people with good values and standards. Thanks for your reply.

[@lidiagil5941]

What a great movie, I was born in a farm in Poland, love to your land doesn't have borders, true story

[@333marian1]

I WILL FOREVER THE REST OF MY LIFE MISS SAM SHEPPARD AND JESSICA LANGE . THEY ARE HIGH ON THE BEST ACTORS EVER TO MAKE MOVIES. THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED TO THE FARMERS. CHEATED ALL THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR HARD WORK TO FEED AMERICA. NO JUSTICE. ONLY GREED OF CORPORATE/GOVERNMENT. I CAME FROM A LONG LINE OF FARMERS.

[@Timbergal]

Jessica Lange is alive

[@mikenkfalls]

Have been looking for this movie for years. Thanks so much for posting it here.

[@theresabollman8061]

RIP Sam Shephard...we miss you.

[@meld2584]

One of my grandmothers lived in a farm, she had a horse too, named Dolly. They do so much for us, we should at least respect them and so should our government.

[@patty4709]

Without the farmers, the people of the World would starve. They work long hours in ever condition, dealing with every weather condition. Every teenager should spend their summer vacation working on a farm. They would have a greater appreciation as to where their food really comes from and the effort to bring it to their table.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

That’s true in more ways than one assuredly.

[@conileblack5017]

Thank you so much for this movie, saw it many years ago, love it!

[@lonewolf277]

As I was watching this I was thinking of my grandparents that had a farm in the dakotas I was 14 and there when they were auctioning everything off ! I don't know the circumstances or why but they had an outhouse no bathroom in the house, the kitchen sink was a well pump , I was in awe of that place being raised in the city! And yes they had a Sears catalog in that outhouse! And I am watching this for a 2nd time!

[@sillililli01]

Like my Mother, may she rest in peace, would say, "You come from strong stock".

[@lonewolf277]

@@sillililli01 I was told this by 2 Dr's. 1 said I am too strong for my own good and just today the Nurse Practitioner told me because of fibroid myalgia cause I refuse those pills and not in a nice way that I must be too tough! She don't know!😄

[@sillililli01]

@@lonewolf277 Linda, you and I, have been blessed with "coming from strong stock", and, proud of it.

[@lonewolf277]

@@sillililli01 Ty so much!😀

[@lonewolf277]

@@sillililli01 damn right!

[@lisamarierosso2713]

Jessica Lange is such a good actress 👌

[@postscript5549]

Beautifully written, acted and produced. Meaningful. Truthful.

[@wendywoo2180]

Thanks so much for the upload, I love this movie, very underrated, it was rarely on tv, and very reflective of the “farm crises” of the mid-1980s. Sam and Jessica were married when they made this and I’m sure they appreciated the opportunity to work together.

[@molliemae6855]

Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange were never married. They were partners, though.

[@beckycastillo1411]

Farmers do so much, and people don't appreciate them.🙁☹😥 Good movie. 🙂

[@deeannh17]

I can’t watch anymore. Too sad. The government is still treating people like that taking away land. I never had so much respect for farmers as I do today. God bless you all especially those that had to go through this crap.

[@turbo5488]

You know farmer's play a big role in the United states and they are the ones who put food on everyone's table after my grandfather died my grandmother had to sell everything just to live I didn't want to see all of my grandfather equipment go and before my grandfather died he did everything that could to keep up with everyone and he did an outstanding job on what he had his grain truck might been old but it did haul alot of corn and soil beans with me on the tractor and wagon together we hauled 3000 a piece to the elevator a total of 6000 bushes of corn and soil beans until my grandfather had to go to the hospital and have a hernia surgery and he had a go back to the hospital he had a massive heart attack and that's what took him I didn't want to see him go but now he's in a better place looking down on me right now I really miss and my grandmother I could go on talking about this

[@ccsworldaustralia4332]

God bless all the farmers of this world , take care.

[@robinredshanks9096]

Hi Mike, great comment. See my following comment. I come from a Northern Irish family, they too have suffered by loan sharks and bad European Union policies. One of the best reasons for the UK to leave the EU is the unfair subsidies given to certain countries, at the expense of others.I had a small farm in Portugal, I could not sell my oranges, because the Spanish farmers got 50% more for their oranges by subsidy, also they did not have to pay for water.When I visited the local supermarket in Portugal, all the fruit and veg came from Spain. But if you drove along the Algarve, you would see many small farms with the fruit rotting on the trees for lack of water etc. Because my Uncles farm in Ireland is small, they get no subsidy, but if he had the same land in France, he would get huge help from the EU coffers. .

[@donnasmith275]

Thank you Mike.

[@spikec175]

@@robinredshanks9096 We need to drain all the swamps. And, think of it this way: we have local produce and yet we brings thing in from farther away. How "Green" is that for our environment?

[@monica9915]

I liked hearing about your grandparents. You can keep talking. I would like to know more. Not much of a fam for me and I hope you will consider sharing family stories.

[@trevorjloessin]

Alright. This movie needs to be ranked as one the top movies ever made, along with “Race Against The Harvest, 1987”. I was born and raised on a farm, and grew up exactly like the family did in this movie. Everything is precise and accurately displayed. I haven’t teared up or felt pain through a movie before, well maybe once… but I can empathize with this one. Even had a Gleaner combine! Again, perfectly portrayed and more realistic than I expected, and my expectations are almost impossible to meet when it comes to movies and such. This is what life is all about, and it doesn’t get better than this! Thanks for posting this entire movie. I greatly appreciate it.

[@jd8889]

Huge lack of mercy, that's why it's so special when someone shows you some, and it shouldn't have to be that way...

[@lillianwilliams5510]

I missed this movie,when it was in the theater. Glad to see it. My family has farmland and they hit some bad times.

[@douglasjohnson6404]

Thank you so very much for the post...I was searching for this classic film a few weeks ago...

[@kathleenglenn8221]

Jul is such a strong forceful woman. Gil is overcome with grief and a sense of failure. So sad, but she is the one who fought for her family.

[@Teri.D]

Jessica Lange and Sam Scott were both married at the time of filming! What a great couple, fantastic upload , Thanks, Jesus Wept!!

[@motheroftwo5551]

Jessica Lange and Sam Shepherd were never married, though they did have two children together. They officially ended their relationship in 2011.

[@Teri.D]

@@motheroftwo5551 after 16 years I call it married. In Canada if a couple is together 3 months or more, they are considered married by law.

[@fredkohlman8860]

I remember this period in time for agriculture. One day your a millionaire (or at least on paper) and the next you are broke/bankrupt. And it literally seemed about that quick. The cash just didn't want to flow with the depressed commodity prices. Banks were throwing money at you one day and then seemed like only would lend to you if you had sufficient cash and did not need a loan. Some survived and unfortunately some did not, depending on your uniquely individual situation. I know we really had to tighten up and thank God we made it. Dad would tell me, "we are broke and you just do not know it". Dad, being older and thru more, would also say: "If we can just hang on, it will get better"(just had to ask yourself how long/when) and "in farming you have to be in the game when things get better to cash in on the upswing".

[@hansjohan3150]

The way it was ...... Now its the money that takes care of the farmers, its the commerce worldwide. Here in France, where i'm a farmer, and in the Netherlands where i was a farmer, things are close to the point this movie is about. With the difference, farmers nowdays are one eachothers concurent, and the debts are much bigger! In France today, more than one farmer par day kills him/herself every day. The onlything that interrest the money (and by that the gouvernment) is the agriculture production, and young farmers are obliged to grow bigger, or leave.

[@diniathome7930]

Very good movie/story, Reality of had work farming, good acting too, so much so, your heart felt what they were feeling, at least for me. Thanks for sharing JW movies 2

[@joysaab3084]

The farmers issue is same around the globe.

[@thraciangrapes]

I saw this movie many years ago when my son was just a baby. Good movie and an important part of American history.

[@rootingforyou6399]

He needed to say more to his son, how sorry he was and end with a hug plus say I love you.

[@scottdemers3672]

That’s how real farmers would do it

[@diannachevial]

Great Movie with the Best Actors.Just so very Real and Heartfelt.

[@vernwallen4246]

Jessica should have gotten an oscar for this performance.Every farmer should have a wife like her.🐑🐑🐏🐓🐣🐄🐴

[@Teri.D]

Apparently Jessica and Sam were married at the time this movie was filmed. They played the role perfectly together. Thanks, Jesus Wept for this great upload.

[@kidmack1121]

It's my favorite Jessica Lange performance, in front of her role in "The Music Box" (1989)

[@valkyriesardo278]

I absolutely love the Charles Gross score for this film.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Maurice Jarre obviously asked for too much of a salary as well as Henry Mancini.

[@Leergreen]

Farmers don't only grow crops, they also build human morals and national character. Communities that have no robust farmers struggle with morals and face challenges in human development issues.

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

Right on Michael 🙏🏻 My Mom was always growing something edible in our tiny suburban backyard. It doesn't take too much land to grow fresh, and plant fruit trees. I cried when she passed away, because although she was hard-hearted, and always had to have her way, she provided for our nice foodstuffs. We had tomatoes, grapes, strawberries, zucchini, a fig tree, persimmon tree, orange tree, apple tree, grapefruit tree, and a cherry tree on the lot that was originally a walnut orchard, so it had 6 walnut trees on it too. But we're talking a city lot is all. The greatest threat is taking loans, and I was strictly warned even about having a credit card, so why do farmers take such big risks?

[@shayekisitu]

Amen to that! 🤲🏻🙏👌🏻🇺🇸

[@thewoodenspoon9679]

Thank you for posting this movie. It’s an old favorite of mine that I haven’t seen in a long time.

[@michaelb6569]

Thank you for this Update 🙏❤

[@caroledge3054]

Saw this when it first came out in the theater..we were farming..really hit home.

[@kidmack1121]

I saw it showcased on the then brand new Disney Channel (if you can believe that the Disney Channel used to show great films like this?) It was produced by their own Buena Vista Films

[@pepper1dancer]

Their problems are like everyone's problems. Just different scene layouts. Powerful film.

[@hansjohan3150]

No, farmers can loose everything they've worked for all their live. Their savings are their farms.

[@sazure2]

I beg to differ. Having worked in NYC for law firms and trading firms I can assure you they did not get up at 5 am in the morning, dig tunnels through snowdrifts (13 - 14 feet) to go "milk the dairy cows". (twice a day). No unemployment or "safety" net or "stimulus checks" if your crops got destroyed (weather, bugs whatever and then came the depression.) My mother grew up on a farm in upstate NY (we saw her house when we visited relatives and it was smaller than a "tiny house" ( 7 children). It was during the depression and tough work. Healthier eating. People would trade what they grew with others. She told us that during the depression people would drop off what they grew and they would drop off milk and eggs.

[@michellerene951]

I've been looking for this forever! One of my favorites. Thanks for posting!

[@psychodelicrock12]

Arlon Brewer’s death was so depressing. Jim Haynie who played Arlon is an excellent actor in Dallas as Garrett Gordon and Jack’s Back as Sgt Gabriel.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

He should have won an Emmy Award for his performance as Delbert “Del” Stayner in the 1989 NBC made-for-tv movie “I KNOW MY FIRST NAME IS STEPHEN”.

[@valeriekehrt7566]

I've seen this movie long time ago. Interesting & good movie for everyone to watch. Gives you a whole new perspective. Everyone needs to watch this.

[@almeggs3247]

I’ve always believed the best kids come from farming families and as a teacher I know it!

[@ellamone9998]

If farmers have "The Best Kids" what do you call all the rest of them? Judge much?🙄

[@andystewart581]

I'll agree. Spent 20 plus years in the military. The farm kids seemed to have the best work ethic.

[@Ace-ke7fq]

true to that, most of them should chose to educate at home too..instead of ruining their kids sending to a corrupted place.

[@sandib4234]

TRUTH!

[@violusiaangel1391]

totally!!! :)

[@deanna3069]

God bless our farmers.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇲

[@davidkanengieter]

Having survived the farming crisis, this is movie cuts deep. We never knew we were poor because everybody was. Damn bureaucrats didn't care about the farmer, just the bottom line.

[@bryonkidder6199]

The government they were fighting was a Republican government with Republican policies that fd the farmers!

[@davidkanengieter]

@@bryonkidder6199 Carter had a LOT to do with the crisis. The govt had been pushing more and more ag lending through his policies. They pushed machinery upgrades and land expansion and it caused a huge artificial spike in land prices. Banks continued to hand out loans like Halloween candy. Then Carter's grain embargo hit and grain prices dropped 50% and farmers were stuck with crop they couldn't sell and bills they couldn't pay. Then the bubble burst and land values fell back down. Reagan inherited the crisis. But I also believe Reagan didn't help matters. Allowing continuing high interest rates to try and curb inflation was brutal. But make no mistake, the crisis of the 80s was kicked off by careless govt money borrowing and market manipulation in the 70s.

[@bryonkidder6199]

@@davidkanengieter Reagan and his policies didn't inherent a crisis, they created it...lmao! Reagan didn't care about Farmers. It took movies like this to show the rest of America what his policies were doing to Farmers. I lived through it, I was there...lol

[@davidkanengieter]

@@bryonkidder6199 you seriously need to do some reading. The crisis started before Reagan took office. I also didn't say he was blameless. And I lived through it, too. We were one of the many that went through bankruptcy.

[@bryonkidder6199]

@@davidkanengieter the 1980 Soviet grain embargo and the 1980-88 President Ronald Reagan...lol Reagan was elected to do something but instead he did nothing. Carter would've done something but he wasn't President anymore. Yes, the crisis started during the Carter Administration (and even before) but Carter wasn't responsible for the crisis...lol Reagan was responsible for deregulation and turning 1 $20 an hour job into 2 $10 an hour jobs...lmfao! I know a lot of people that Voted for Reagan once...lol