"Tallahatchie Bridge": With those two simple words, the powerful images of a lost innocence, a murky river and a mysterious suicide spring to mind. Scorning the demands of her overbearing family, Bobbie Lee Hartley and Billy Joe McAllister meet at their usual Choctaw Ridge trysting place and attempt to consumate their forbidden love. Ode attempts to reconcile modern moralites with a tradition-bound faith, and asks whether it's possible to commit a sin against a religion that won't even have you as a member.
Released: Jun 09, 1999
Runtime: 50 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Heather Gottlieb, Kevin Poole, Jon Wurster, Jim Wiley, Bonnie Johnson, Bill Mooney
Crew: Kelly Reichardt (Director), Kelly Reichardt (Writer), Herman Raucher (Original Story), Will Oldham (Music), Susan A. Stover (Producer), Kelly Reichardt (Director of Photography)