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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great acting with a qwirky twist, June 19, 2000
By A Customer
I came across this movie on the "late late late" show in about 1984. Do you remember the plight of the American farmer in the early 1980's?
Ralph Waite from the Waltons played the lead as a father and farmer who had lost his farm to big business. The family heads to Florida to rebuild their lives because they have heard rumors of how prosperous life is growing fruit in the orange belt.
Once they arrive the family is forced into working as fruit pickers for pennies just to survive. They live through hell as they end up working as slave laborers, (unknown to them until payday of course where they find they owe their employer more than they earned during the week.) The longer they stay the worse things get and it becomes impossible to leave.
One of my most memorable features of this movie is the line "I's the cook, I gets 2 bottles of wine, I don't pick no 'maters and cukes no more, I's the cook."
This is a very good movie, with great actors. You will find yourself routing for the family in short time. I experienced anger, sadness, joy and tension during this show. A very good movie!
I highly reccomend it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
TERRIFIC, August 16, 2010
I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE FOR ONE DOLLAR AT WALMART LOVED IT EVER SINCE. THIS MOVIE WAS A GEM. I TOTALLY RECOMMEND IT.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding!, January 7, 2012
This review is from: Angel City [VHS] (VHS Tape)
An Outstanding classic movie from back in the Florida Labor Camp days.. I could watch a million times! Only wish it was out on dvd..
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