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Director Jay Russell, who did such a winning job in bringing the late Willie Dog to the screen, does the same with Natalie heralded novel for young people, which has been deftly adapted by Jeffrey Lieber and James V. Hart. Bledel, best known for plays Winnie Foster, a 15-year-old chafing at the restrictions placed on her by a formidable and proper mother (Irving). The year is 1914, and the setting is a Western wilder- ness outside the small town of Treegap. The Fosters are the rich aristocrats of the region and live in afine Victorian mansion in a clearing next to the forest they own.

Despite its rural setting, the Foster home is surrounded by a formal wrought-iron fence as if it were in the heart of town. Headstrong Winnie feels increasingly imprisoned by that fence, and one day she moves beyond it to explore the surrounding woods; she soon encounters Jesse Tuck. The two are instantly taken with each other, but when older brother Miles (Scott Bairstow) suddenly appears, he takes the story in an unexpected direction. There is every reason to suspect that Jesse, Miles and their parents (Spacek and Hurt) are moonshiners who want to keep their activities secret. emerges as a meditation on the value of mortality and the paramount importance of pursuing a life well-lived.

It is also a tremendously evocative film. It captures an America in transition, when a predominantly rural nation gave way to an increasingly urban society. The realization that the Tucks will find it increasingly hard to live in splendid isolation in an Eden on Earth is inescapable. In re-creating this crucial time of transition in American life, production designer Tony Burrough and his team have done their homework. The Fosters still live in well-upholstered Victorian comfort, which was the case with many wealthy families at that time.

Even though their home has been electrified, they have not given up their kerosene lamps because electricity was still unreliable, especially in rural areas. Similarly, when Mae Tuck is seen making her way down main street in her horse-drawn wagon, she encounters a goodly scattering of automobiles. Mae dresses in timeless farm-woman attire; the gowns designed by Carol Ramsey for regal Mrs. Foster could have come from Worth of Paris. James L.

camera work brings a uniform glow to the film, a quality enhanced by William romantic score. Elisabeth Shue serves as the unseen narrator. Spacek and Hurt, and Irving and Garber offer contrasting portraits of parental love, with troubled Miles emerging as the most complex figure among the younger generation. Kingsley, a mysterious stranger in a yellow suit, is an unsettling shrewd and insinuating presence. As for Bledel, who displays the focus and intensity Reese Witherspoon radiated from the start, and Jackson, who is as relaxed and open as he is handsome, they ask for a better project than MPAA rating: PG, for some violence.

Times guidelines. Themes of death and mortality. Alexis Foster William Tuck Sissy Tuck Jonathan Tuck Scott Tuck Ben in the Yellow Suit Amy Foster Victor Foster AWalt Disney Pictures presentation. Director Jay Russell. Producer Jane Startz, Marc Abraham.

Executive producers Armyan Bernstein, Thomas A. Bliss, William Teitler, Deborah Forte, Max Wong. Screenplay Jeffrey Lieber and James V. Hart; based on the book by Natalie Babbitt. Cinematographer James L.

Carter. Editor Jay Cassidy. Music William Ross. Costumes Carol Ramsey. Production designer Tony Burrough.

Art director Ray Kluga. Set decorator Catherine D. Davis. Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes. In general release.

In a Poetic Fable Sensitively Adapted.