TY  - ADVS
AU  - Renoir,Jean
AU  - Scott,Zachary
AU  - Field, Betty
AU  - Carrol Naish, J.
ED  - Kino Lorber (Firm),
ED  - Kanopy (Firm),
TI  - The Southerner
PY  - 1945///
PB  - Kino Lorber
KW  - Motion Pictures
KW  - Drama
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Feature films
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; Zachary Scott,  Betty Field,  J. Carrol Naish; Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1945
N2  - In this **Academy Award** nominated drama directed by champion of poetic realism, Jean Renoir, Sam Tucker, a Texan cotton picker, has aspirations to run his own farm and create a better life for his family. Along with his wife, Nona, Sam works tirelessly on an abandoned plot of land, but numerous difficulties and hardships arise, making his humble dream a difficult one to achieve. Nominated for Best Director, Best Sound, and Best Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture at the **Academy Awards**. Winner of Best Director and named one of the Top Ten films of 1945 by the **National Board of Review**. Winner of Best Feature Film at the **Venice Film Festival**. *"A rich, unusual and sensitive delineation of a segment of the American scene well worth filming and seeing." - Bosley Crowther, **New York Times*** *"Jean Renoir's 1945 examination of dirt farmers in the American south is probably his finest Hollywood film, which is to say a masterpiece." - Dave Kehr, **Chicago Reader***
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