Film

The Journey of August King

1995 · 1h 31m · Drama

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

57%

The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need to survive the winter. On his journey, he comes upon a run-away slave, a young woman about 19 and August King must decide to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or else leave her to be hunted down and, ultimately, returned to her slave owner.

Jason Patric

August King

Thandiwe Newton

Annalees

Larry Drake

Olaf Singletary

Sam Waterston

Mooney Wright

Eric Mabius

Hal Wright

Sarah-Jane Wylde

Ida Wright

• John DuiganDirector
• John EhleWriter
• Sam WaterstonProducer
• Nick WechslerProducer
• Harvey WeinsteinExecutive Producer
• Bob WeinsteinExecutive Producer
• Richard N. GladsteinExecutive Producer
• Sławomir IdziakDirector of Photography
• Humphrey DixonEditor
• William WebbEditor

Release date

September 14, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama