Red Dirt (2000)
Secrets... Deceit... Forbidden Love.
At only twenty, Griffith is struggling with the responsibilities of caring for his unwell aunt, grieving the loss of their family's matriarch, and his own dreams of leaving Pine Apple. With the arrival of a stranger, Griffith's carefully constructed walls of shame and silence begin to come down and his life takes an unexpected turn.
- Date of release
- 2000-03-17
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Tag Purvis
Casting
- Dan Montgomery Jr. — Griffith Joseph Burns
- Karen Black — Aunt Summer
- Walton Goggins — Lee Todd
- Aleksa Palladino — Emily Whaley
- Peg O'Keef — Lynn Whaley
- Glenn Shadix — Virgil Cunningham
- John Mese — Bill Thomas
- Jo-Ann Robinson — Customer in shop
Interesting facts
Red Dirt is a 2000 American Southern Gothic drama film written and directed by Tag Purvis and starring Dan Montgomery Jr., Aleksa Palladino, Walton Goggins, and Karen Black. The film follows the life of Griffith, from a simpleton farm boy, happy and contented with his life, to an ambitious young man, focused on discovering the world. A stranger stumbles into his home and only sharpens the young man's intent to travel and discover.
Production
Red Dirt was the first film by Tag Purvis. It was filmed in Meridian, Mississippi, United States.
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