Walking Across Egypt

Walking Across Egypt
Walking Across Egypt
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Arthur Allan Seidelman
Screenplay by	Paul Tamasy
Based on	Walking Across Egypt; by Clyde Edgerton
Produced by	Madeline Bell
Starring	Ellen Burstyn; Jonathan Taylor Thomas; Mark Hamill; Edward Herrmann; Dana Ivey; Harve Presnell; Gwen Verdon; with Gail O'Grady; and Judge Reinhold
Cinematography	Amelia Vincent
Edited by	Bert Glatstein; Jonathan P. Shaw
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Production; company	Mitchum Entertainment
Distributed by	Keystone Entertainment
Release date	December 17, 1999; United States;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.5 million

Walking Across Egypt is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Paul Tamasy, based on Clyde Edgerton's novel of the same name. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Mark Hamill, Gail O'Grady, Judge Reinhold, and Pat Corley.

Plot[]

The film follows the life of Mattie Rigsbee (Burstyn), an elderly woman who believes in strong religious convictions. The film explores the lonely qualities of life for senior citizens after their children leave as adults. Reinhold and O'Grady play Mattie's children, who live in a deep southern town.

Mattie soon finds a likable friend in the local dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Hamill). Through this relationship, she meets the dogcatcher's nephew, a troubled juvenile delinquent orphan, Wesley (Taylor Thomas), currently serving time in juvenile detention for a recent car theft. Mattie finds that this young man is missing direction and believes that with a little insight on Christianity, he can straighten up and fly right.

Cast[]

Ellen Burstyn as Mattie Rigsbee
Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Wesley Benfield
Mark Hamill as Lamar N. Benfield
Pat Corley as Sheriff Tillman
Edward Herrmann as Reverend Vernon
Dana Ivey as Beatrice Vernon
Harve Presnell as Finner
Gwen Verdon as Alora
Gail O'Grady as Elaine Rigsbee
Judge Reinhold as Robert Rigsbee

Production[]

Walking Across Egypt was filmed in the Florida cities of: Ocoee (including the Ocoee Christian Church), Clermont, Windermere, Orlando, and St. Cloud.^{[citation needed]}

Reception[]

Robert Koehler from Variety said of the film, "The best in forgiving Christian values is at the heart of well-intentioned but weakly conceived Walking Across Egypt. By far, the most distinguishing factor is Ellen Burstyn's independent-minded Southern widower Mattie,[...] but that won't be enough to stop this from going directly to family-oriented cable."^[1] Despite this, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has given it an 89% according to audience ratings.^[2]

References[]

^ Koehler, Robert (Feb 13, 2000). "Walking Across Egypt – Variety". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
^ Walking Across Egypt at Rotten Tomatoes

External links[]

[1] Koehler, Robert (Feb 13, 2000). "Walking Across Egypt – Variety". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2018.

[2] Walking Across Egypt at Rotten Tomatoes

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