i believe it's during the depression time and she has a old special piece of wood that she whittles the face of jesus out of it.
2007-02-18 21:50:05 · 4 answers · asked by fatpat 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
the dollmaker
2007-02-18 22:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by kay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dollmaker (1984) (TV)
Credited cast)
Mike Bacarella ... Truck Driver
Etel Billig ... Mrs. Bomarita
Nikki Creswell ... Cassie
David Dawson ... Amos
Christine Ebersole ... Miss Vashinski
Jane Fonda ... Gertie Nevels
Derek Googe
James N. Harrell ... Old John Miller
Ann Hearn ... Max
Dan Hedaya ... Skyros
Levon Helm ... Clovis
Susan Kingsley ... Sophronie
Geraldine Page ... Mrs. Kendrick
Amanda Plummer ... Mamie
Robert Swan ... Victor (as Bob Swan)
Studs Terkel
Mike Timoney ... Army Major
Starla Whaley ... Clytie
Jason Wild ... Jean-Claude
David Brady Wilson ... Enoch
Sheb Wooley
Jason Yearwood ... Reuben
First of all, writing credit should go the 1954 novel The Dollmaker by Hariette Arnow. Jane Fonda plays Gertie Nevels, a Kentucky mountain lady who happens to whittle. In fact, she has started whittling a head of Jesus Christ, but she hasn't finished it yet. Her husband got a World War II-era job in Detroit at Flint Motors. Flint Motors? Well, Ford starts with an "F", and General Motors has a plant in Flint, Michigan, and this is fiction, so Flint Motors is used as a generic composite, got it? Gertie's family is up in Detroit now, but one boy wants to go back to Kentucky, and there's a very sad incident with a little girl. Gertie's husband says the Bible says the man should be the head of the family, but Gertie is forced to act as the head of the family. This is a pretty good family film.
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2007-02-19 00:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by uoptigers05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dollmaker is a made-for-tv movie based on the book by Harriette Anrow. It debuted in 1983 and was released on VHS but not yet on DVD. Amazon has used copies starting at 20 bucks so I'm guessing its not easily available however you should be able to find it at any video store that has been in business for awhile (Blockbuster probably wont have it so they've switched to primarily DVD).
2007-02-19 00:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by Pwincess_Buttewcup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-18 21:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by le_longgunr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋