Raggedy Man

1981

94 Min

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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DIR Jack Fisk

CAST Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, William Sanderson, Tracey Walter, R.G. Armstrong, Henry Thomas, Carey Hollis Jr.

Synopsis

In a small Texas town during the dark, uncertain days of World War II, a divorced mother of two (Sissy Spacek) struggles valiantly — during a time when divorcees were scorned and gossipy tongues wagged — to build a life for her family. Eric Roberts co-stars in this uplifting and evocative slice of Americana directed by Spacek’s husband, Jack Fisk. The film’s best moments are in the nostalgic vein of Summer of ’42.

Director

Jack Fisk

Jack Fisk (born December 19, 1945) is an American movie industry professional, frequently working as either a production designer or art director on Hollywood movies.

Fisk met Sissy Spacek when working on Terrence Malick’s 1973 movie Badlands. The couple married on April 12, 1974; their elder daughter Schuyler Fisk is also an actress, and they have another daughter named Madison.

Fisk was art director on Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976), in which Spacek stars. He frequently collaborates with directors Terrence Malick and David Lynch (whom he has known since childhood). His production design and art director credits include all six of Malick’s feature films and Lynch’s The Straight Story (1999) and Mulholland Drive (2001). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.

Fisk appeared in Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977) as the Man in the Planet, and the film’s credits give “special thanks” to him and to Sissy Spacek… read more