Tender Mercies
Directed by:
Bruce BeresfordScreenplay:
Horton FooteCinematography:
Russell BoydComposer:
George DreyfusCast:
Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Wilford Brimley, Allan Hubbard, Ellen Barkin, Betty Buckley, Lenny von Dohlen, Paul Gleason, Michael Crabtree, Norman Bennett (more)Plots(1)
A former American music legend, race has left him washed up as he wakes up broke and alone on a Texas motel room floor. When the motel owner Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) finds Mac penniless and with nowhere to go she takes pity on him, offering him work at the motel in exchange for a room. Desperate to turn his life around, with Rosa's help Mac resolves to salvage both his career as a musician and his relationship with his estranged daughter, Sue Anne (Ellen Barkin). However, standing in his way is Dixie Scott, Mac's ex-wife, a successful singer who refuses to help his career and put him in touch with his daughter. Still shameful of his past, Dixie threatens to ruin Mac's ambitions, pushing him dangerously close to his old self-destructive ways. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1984 - Robert Duvall (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 1984 - Horton Foote (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1984 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1984 - Bruce Beresford (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1984 - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Golden Globes
- 1984 - Robert Duvall (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 1984 - Best Motion Picture – Drama
- 1984 - Bruce Beresford (Best Director)
- 1984 - Tess Harper (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
- 1984 - Best Original Song
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1983 - Robert Duvall (Best Actor)
- 1983 - Best Film
- 1983 - Bruce Beresford (Best Director)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1983 - Robert Duvall (Best Actor)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1983 - Bruce Beresford (Golden Palm - Official Competition)