Valley of the Heart's Delight (film)
| Valley of the Heart's Delight | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tim Boxell |
| Written by | Miles Murphy |
| Produced by | Miles Murphy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hiro Narita |
| Edited by | Jay Boekelheide |
| Music by | Richard Gibbs Nicholas O'Toole |
Production company | Banana Peel Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Indican Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Valley of the Heart's Delight is a 2006 American historical drama film directed by Tim Boxell, starring Gabriel Mann, Bruce McGill, Diana Scarwid, Emily Harrison, Tom Bower and Pete Postlethwaite.[1] The film is a fictionalized version of the abduction and murder of Brooke Hart and the lynching of Thomas Harold Thurmond and John M. Holmes.
Cast
- Gabriel Mann as Jack Pacheco
- Bruce McGill as Horace Walsh
- Diana Scarwid as Natalie Walsh
- Emily Harrison as Helen Walsh
- Tom Bower as Sheriff Ackle
- Pete Postlethwaite as Albion Munson
- Ron Roggé as Deputy Dully
- Val Diamond as Sylvia Daumier
- Ed Holmes as Gov. Brodie
- David Barth as Raplh Rutz
- Cully Fredricksen as Agent Tucker
- Howard Swain as Bill Vente
- Robert Kennedy as James Sullivan
- Ralph Miller as Tom Stanton
- Robert Ernst as Ernest Maloney
- Rod Gnapp as Harlan Grasso
- Phil Stockton as Mr. Brewster
- Ralph Peduto as Vegetable Man
- Nick Scoggin as Organizer Two
- Omar Avila as Prisoner
- Carl Bressler as Harold Berg
- Corey Fischer as Frightened Man
- Eric Toms as College Man #1
Release
The film opened on 26 October 2007 in San Jose, California.[2]
Reception
Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "Pedestrian handling, a clumsy script and some poor acting from name and local thesps alike squander the story’s potential."[3]
Jud Cost of Magnet called the direction "amateurish" and "hamfisted", the script "lousy" and "cliche-ridden", the cinematography "murky", and the editing "random". Cost also criticised the performances of Mann and Harrison.[4]
References
- ^ Rombeck, Janice (25 October 2007). "Review: San Jose's night of infamy". The Mercury News. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Hamlin, Jesse (25 October 2007). "Ugly chapter in San Jose's past is revisited". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (20 November 2007). "Valley of the Heart's Delight". Variety. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Cost, Jud (28 September 2010). "MOVIE REVIEW: "VALLEY OF THE HEART'S DELIGHT"". Magnet. Retrieved 9 October 2023.