Walking Across Egypt
1999 film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walking Across Egypt is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Paul Tamasy, based on Clyde Edgerton's novel of the same name. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Mark Hamill, Gail O'Grady, Judge Reinhold, and Pat Corley.
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Walking Across Egypt | |
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Directed by | Arthur Allan Seidelman |
Screenplay by | Paul Tamasy |
Based on | Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton |
Produced by | Madeline Bell |
Starring | Ellen Burstyn Jonathan Taylor Thomas Mark Hamill Edward Herrmann Dana Ivey Harve Presnell Gwen Verdon with Gail O'Grady and Judge Reinhold |
Cinematography | Amelia Vincent |
Edited by | Bert Glatstein Jonathan P. Shaw |
Music by | Marco Beltrami |
Production company | Mitchum Entertainment |
Distributed by | Keystone Entertainment |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4.5 million |
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The film is set in the Deep South. An old woman feels lonely after her children moved out. She takes an interest in an incarcerated juvenile delinquent, and tries to convert him to Christianity. She feels that religion will provide him with a direction in his life.