Tender Mercies: “I Don’t Trust Happiness”
Academy Award-nominated actor Tess Harper, novelist and poet Silas House, and script supervisor/filmmaker Anne Rapp share their stories of TENDER MERCIES, the 1983 drama written by Horton Foote and directed by Bruce Beresford.
An alcoholic country music singer finds shelter, love, and a chance at redemption with a single mother and her young son. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the film stars Best Actor winner Robert Duvall, Betty Buckley, and Ellen Barkin, and introduced Harper in her screen debut.
Host/Creator: Tim Kirkman
Guests: Tess Harper, Anne Rapp, Silas House
Executive Producer: Mary Beth Grealey
Original Music by: John Crooke for Space Factory
Made in association with: Transylvania University
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