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Tender Mercies(Movie, 1983)

1h 32min | Genres: Drama, Music, Romance / Love
Tender MerciesRating: 3.3/5 (with 4848 votes)
Tender Mercies is a 1983 American drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, featuring Robert Duvall as singer-songwriter Mac Sledge in a performance that won him an Academy Award. The Oscar-winning screenplay by Horton Foote focuses on Mac Sledge (Duvall), a former country music star whose career and relationship with his ex-wife and daughter were wrecked by alcoholism. Recovering from his affliction, Sledge seeks to turn his life around through his relationship with a young widow and her son in rural Texas. The supporting cast includes Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin and Allan Hubbard. Financed by EMI Films, Tender Mercies was shot largely in Waxahachie, Texas. The script was rejected by several American directors before the Australian Beresford accepte... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Tender Mercies

Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

About Tender Mercies

Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Texas
Plays in: Texas
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/02/1983
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"温柔的怜悯"
"Comeback der Liebe"
"På nåd och onåd"
Budget: 4,500,000 USD
Revenue: 8,400,000 USD (= 187%)

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