1918 (1985)

Movie"The war in Europe wasn't their only struggle for life."
Audience Score
63
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NR 1 hr 34 minApr 26th, 1985Drama, WarThe Orphans' Home Cycle PosterPart of The Orphans' Home Cycle
It's 1918, the height of United States involvement in World War I - Liberty Bonds are sold, German immigrants are suspected as traitors or saboteurs, young men everywhere succumb to the patriotism and propaganda and enlist. In a small Texas town, Horace Robedaux feels the pressure - he doesn't want to leave his young wife Elizabeth and their young child Jenny - but Elizabeth's can't-do-anything-right little brother is constantly talking about the war, and Elizabeth's stern father, who opposed the marriage initially, now has plans to take care of his daughter and the child so Horace can fight for his country. However, the influenza epidemic sweeping the town (and the nation) may change everyone's plans.
StarringWilliam Converse-RobertsHallie FooteMatthew Broderick
DirectorKen Harrison
WriterHorton Foote

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 26th, 1985
On DVD & Blu-ray:July 13th, 2004 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Peter Newman, Lewis M. Allen
Production Companies:Guadalupe Productions
Movie Tags:
based on true storysmall townworld war itexassemi-biographicalepidemicin-lawsmarried with a childadapted from a playinfluenza

The Orphans' Home Cycle

CORRECT VIEWING ORDER: (1) Convicts (2) Lily Dale (3) Courtship (4) On Valentine's Day (5) 1918 // The Orphans' Home Cycle is a 3-part drama written by Horton Foote. Each of the three parts in the trilogy comprises three one-act plays: The Story of a Childhood (Part 1), The Story of a Marriage (Part 2), and The Story of a Family (Part 3). The focus is on Horace Robedaux (inspired by Foote's father) and Elizabeth Vaughn (inspired by Foote's mother) at the turn of the 20th Century to the beginning of the Depression, following Horace through three decades, as "seen through three generations of three families." Some of these plays were made into movies, released individually and not in order.