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Walking Across Egypt

Play trailer Poster for Walking Across Egypt PG-13,  1999,  1h 50m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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An elderly Southern widow, Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), begrudgingly starts to acknowledge that she can't live on her own. When Mattie becomes friends with the town dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Mark Hamill), she is also introduced to his orphaned nephew, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas). Although Wesley has been in trouble with the law and incarcerated for auto theft, Mattie sees potential in the boy and tries to point him in the right direction by allowing him to live with her.
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Arthur Allan Seidelman

Director

Ellen Burstyn

Mattie Rigsbee

Pat Corley

Sheriff Tillman

Mark Hamill

Lamar N. Benfield

Gail O'Grady

Elaine Rigsbee

Gwen Verdon

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Synopsis An elderly Southern widow, Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), begrudgingly starts to acknowledge that she can't live on her own. When Mattie becomes friends with the town dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Mark Hamill), she is also introduced to his orphaned nephew, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas). Although Wesley has been in trouble with the law and incarcerated for auto theft, Mattie sees potential in the boy and tries to point him in the right direction by allowing him to live with her.
Director
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Producer
Madeline Bell, Heath McLaughlin, Bettina Tendler O'Mara
Screenwriter
Clyde Edgerton, Paul Tamasy
Production Co
Mitchum Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Some Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 17, 1999, Original
Release Date (DVD)
May 31, 2005
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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