The Run of the Country

The Run of the Country is a 1995 film directed by Peter Yates. It is based on the novel by Shane Connaughton, and stars Albert Finney and Matt Keeslar.

It was Peter Yatess final theatrical feature film, and captures his ongoing interest in the humanistic treatment of the comingofage drama.Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune said, Peter Yates best or bestremembered movies...all excel at showing male interaction. And thats one of the strong points of Run of the Country. Just as Finneys outstanding trait as an actor is the solidity he gives his partshis growly voice and bulldog chin pulling the audience one way, his yearning eyes pulling them anotherYatess direction, at its best, has an earthy reliability. ........

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