Tuck Everlasting
(2002)
fantasy
directed
by : Jay W.Russell
featuring
: Alexis Bledel - William Hurt - Sissy Spacek - Scott Bairstow - Ben Kingsley
running
time : 1 hour 30 minutes
Natalie Babbitt's award winning book for
children comes to the screen in a lavish adaptation from Walt Disney Pictures.
Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is a girl in her early teens growing up in
the small rural town of Winesap in 1914. Winnie's parents (Victor Garber
and Amy Irving) are loving but overprotective, and Winnie longs for a life
of greater freedom and adventure. One day, while exploring the nearby woods,
Winnie gets lost, but she has the good fortune to happen upon the Tuck
Family, who live nearby - mother Mae (Sissy Spacek), father Angus (William
Hurt), and sons Jesse (Jonathan Jackson) and Miles (Scott Bairstow). The
Tucks are warm and caring people, and Winnie feels right at home with them;
she also finds herself developing a serious crush on Jesse, and isn't so
sure she wants to return; meanwhile, her parents become increasingly distraught
as they search for their missing daughter. But in time Winnie discovers
there's a secret behind the seemingly idyllic lives of the Tuck Family;
they have discovered a magical spring on their property, and anyone who
drinks from it will never grow old and never die. While to Winnie this
sounds like a wonderful prospect, the Tucks have come to understand this
is as much of a curse as a blessing, especially when she realizes Jesse
is considerably older than she is. The Tucks also have to contend with
the presence of the sinister Man In The Yellow Suit (Ben Kingsley), who
wishes to buy their property and make a fortune from their "fountain of
youth." Tuck Everlasing was directed by Jay Russell, who previously directed
the acclaimed family film My Dog Skip.