Distributor:
Paramount Entertainment Cast:Joseph
Ashton, James Cromwell, Graham Green Extras: No Easter Eggs: No
What a wonderful little movie The Education Of Little Tree
is, a warm hearted family movie
(something of a rarity these
days) set in the SnowyMountains
of Tennessee
during the depressed 1930’s
.
Joseph Ashton is the little tree of the tittle a young (8
years old) Cherokee Indian boy who has to go and live with his
grandparents in the mountains following the death of his parents. His
grandfather ( very laid back and excellent performance from James
Cromwell) sets about teaching Little Tree the ways of the mountains,
only to have the authorities coming to try and send Little Tree to a
state boarding school.
A great movie, originally made in 1996, that is
not afraid to show the harsher side of life and the lessons that you
learn (Little Tree buys a calf which promptly dies on him) and Ashton as
Little Tree is a little charmer.
Graham Greene pops up as mystical Cherokee seer Willow
John. The only downside is its lack of extras but a nice family watch
nonetheless.
