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The Long Walk Home
Directed by Richard Pearce
Produced by Taylor Hackford
Stuart Benjamin
Written by John Cork
Narrated by Mary Steenburgen
Starring Whoopi Goldberg
Sissy Spacek
Dwight Schultz
Ving Rhames
Erika Alexander
Music by George Fenton
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Editing by Bill Yahraus
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date(s) December 21, 1989
Running time 97 min
Country USA
Language English
Gross revenue US$4,803,039
IMDb profile

The Long Walk Home was a 1989 film released in worldwide in 1990 starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg. Richard Pearce (born January 25 1943 in San Diego California) is an American film director and producer Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director. Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award &ndashwinning American Actress and singer William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American stage television and film Actor. Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12 1959) is a Golden Globe -winning American Actor. Erika Alexander (born November 19, 1969 in Winslow Arizona) is an American actress. George Fenton (born 19 October Roger Deakins (born May 24, 1949) is a BAFTA Award -winning English Cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) A minute is a Unit of measurement of Time or of Angle. The minute is a unit of Time equal to 1/60th of an Hour or 60 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award &ndashwinning American Actress and singer Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television

The film was set in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, during the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, and featured Goldberg as a young African-American maid, employed by a young white woman, played by Spacek. Montgomery (məntˈgəmɜriː is the Capital, second most populous city and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, intended to oppose African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa When Goldberg's character decides to honor the bus boycott, opting to walk several miles to and from her employer's home, her employer decides to offer her a ride, thus thrusting both women into the politically charged situation. The film provides insight on the difficulty faced by black people during the boycott. Goldberg's daughter accepts a bus ride and is assaulted by white males. Spacek's husband in the show is lured into the anti-black movement by his brother. The movie is told through the eyes of Spacek's youngest daughter. Included in the film are many excerpts from MLK's Speeches. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader

One of the three GM "old-look" transit buses used in this film was the actual Montgomery Bus Lines bus #2857 that Rosa Parks was riding in when she was famously arrested. Unitrans 4508 interiorjpg|thumb|250px|right|Interior of a 1958 General Motors TDH-4512 formerly owned by Unitrans in Davis CA (photo taken in the early-mid 1990s]]The GM "old-look" Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4 1913 – October 24 2005 was an African American Civil rights activist whom the U The bus was in poor conditioned and was given a partial repaint & was towed by a cable for its scenes in the movie.

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