Jon Avnet's The War is set in the rural south and brimming with lessons on social consciousness, much like his previous effort, Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). During the summer of 1970 in backwoods Mississippi, Stephen Simmons (Kevin Costner) is struggling to be a breadwinner for his family while still suffering post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in the Vietnam War. His wife Lois (Mare Winningham) provides most of the family income. Stephen gets a job in a mine and saves a friend who has been injured, helping him ...
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Jon Avnet's The War is set in the rural south and brimming with lessons on social consciousness, much like his previous effort, Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). During the summer of 1970 in backwoods Mississippi, Stephen Simmons (Kevin Costner) is struggling to be a breadwinner for his family while still suffering post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in the Vietnam War. His wife Lois (Mare Winningham) provides most of the family income. Stephen gets a job in a mine and saves a friend who has been injured, helping him erase his guilt over abandoning another friend during a firefight in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the Simmons children, Stu (Elijah Wood) and Lidia (Lexi Randall) are feuding with an even poorer family of neighbors, the Lipnickis, over access to a tree fort that Stu and Lidia built. Mr. Lipnicki (Raynor Scheine) is drunken and abusive and helps escalate the disagreement into a major battle for the fort. Michael Betzold, Rovi
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Add this copy of The War to cart. $5.95, like new condition, Sold by CBExchange rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fontana, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1996.
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Kevin Costner. Fine. VHS TAPE! ! -LIKE NEW! ! ! -STILL HAS SHRINK WRAP AROUND MOST OF PACKAGE! -FROM SELLER WITH OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE SELLING ON-LINE! !
Add this copy of The War to cart. $7.75, very good condition, Sold by Fabulous Fiction Book Store rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxford, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by MCA Universal.
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Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Lexi Randall, Christine Baranski. Very good in very good packaging. Language: English. Run time: 125 mins. Originally released: 1994. (m123) VHS movie is ex-video club copy in excellent condition with cut box in a hard plastic case.
Add this copy of The War [Vhs] to cart. $9.99, good condition, Sold by Meadeco Media rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from VINE GROVE, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Universal Studios.