The Long Walk Home (1989)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 2
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Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0
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The Long Walk Home is a recreation of a troubled era in American history. The time is 1955; the place, Montgomery, Alabama. When Rosa Parks, an African American woman, is arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, it is the first volley in the great Bus Boycott, organized by Dr. Martin Luther King in order to desegregate the Birmingham transportation system. The boycott is a decided inconvenience for Miriam Thompson (Sissy Spacek), a well-to-do white woman. Now, Miriam must
Dec 21, 1990 Wide
Nov 26, 2002
Miramax
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Cast
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Sissy Spacek
Miriam Thompson -
Whoopi Goldberg
Odessa Cotter -
Dwight Schultz
Norman Thompson -
Ving Rhames
Herbert Cotter -
Dylan Baker
Tunker Thompson -
Erika Alexander
Selma Cotter -
Lexi Randall
Mary Catherine Thompson -
Richard Habersham
Theodore Cotter -
Jason Weaver
Franklin Cotter -
Mary Steenburgen
Narrator -
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Cherene Snow
Claudia -
Chelcie Ross
Martin -
Dan Butler
Charlie -
Philip Sterling
Winston -
Haynes Brooke
Policeman at Oak Park -
Stacy Fleming
Tall Boy -
Jeff Taffet
Boy #2 -
Jay Reed
Boy #3 -
Afemo Omilami
Taxi Driver -
Norman Matlock
Preacher -
Nancy Moore Atchison
Anne/Girl At Oak Park -
Schuyler Fisk
Judy (Girl at Oak Park) -
Jim Haffey
Bus Driver -
Daniel Jenkins
Auburn Fan #1 -
Kevin Thigpen
Worker #1 -
Graham Timbes
Clyde Sellers -
Rebecca Wackler
Lucille -
Jim Aycock
Roger -
Bobby Howard
Clipboard Man -
Crystal Robbins
Sara Thompson -
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All Critics (19) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (2) | DVD (3)
Suffers from too much focus on the white characters, but still an important story, respectfully told.
An inspiring lesson in tolerance.
An excellent performance from Whoopi Goldberg. A memorable moment in cinema.
Drama set in Alabama during the 1955 bus boycott proclaiming that racial equality cannot be eased into effortlessly; it requires the rigors of change and commitment.
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