Help: Joni Mitchell 'River' - what movie was it in

Subject: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: rangeroger
Date: 09 Mar 00 - 12:30 AM

Can anyone tell me the name of the movie where the last scene,as they scroll the credits,is of a girl skating off into the distance on a frozen river?
Joni Mitchell is singing her song "River" from the "Blue" album.
I can't remember any of the plot except that the girl on ice skates is the protagonist's somewhat crazy sister.
Listening to the song on the "Hits" album brought it to mind,and now it's really bugging me.I want to see the movie again.
rr

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: Micca
Date: 09 Mar 00 - 10:03 AM

rangeroger, You could try here they can find almost anything from the scantiest description, http://us.imdb.com

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: rangeroger
Date: 09 Mar 00 - 11:55 PM

Micca:
Thanks for the link.Went there and thought I had found it.It showed "River" as being in the sound track for "You've Got Mail" Didn't remember the scene being in it but rented it anyway.
The lyrics were mentioned in the movie,but no song,and no skating on a frozen river.
Oh well. Will go back and dig deeper.Thanks again.
rr

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: Peg
Date: 05 Apr 00 - 02:51 PM

wow; I clicked on this old thread because I like this song. I think maybe I have seen this movie too! (to paraphrase an old Elton John song)
Darned if I can remember the title though...I will post if I come across it again...
peg<--who is actually a film critic in real life

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: GUEST,aldus
Date: 06 Apr 00 - 07:26 AM

I thought it was a video rather than a movie...but I can"t remember the details.

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: Gypsy
Date: 06 Apr 00 - 10:52 PM

Just cuz i've gotten things like this stuck in my head too...lets move this back up to the top for a little while longer....

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: rangeroger
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 12:23 AM

Aldus,it was in video form when I saw it.Just an old habit of always calling them movies. I go to the video store to rent a movie.
Gypsy, thanks for bringing this up again. I know someone wil have the answer.
rr

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: GUEST,aldus
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 12:20 PM

Sorry, I meant video as in a music video. In fact I seem to recall someone skating round dressed like Joni Mitchell was dressed on her Hejira album...do I have an overactive imagination ?

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: Whistle Stop
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 12:53 PM

Was it "To Die For," starring Nicole Kidman? This is the one she did a few years ago, loosely based on the Pamela Smart murder trial in New Hampshire (schoolteacher befriends outcast high-school kids, has an affair with one of them, convinces him to kill her husband; pretty sordid little black comedy, but a good one). I'm not sure this is the movie it's from, but it rings a bell.

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: Peg
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 03:01 PM

oh my gosh maybe that's it! I know it was soemthing random I saw on TV not too long ago that was contemporary and a good movie and maybe a kind of dark film, but I simply could not remember anything more about it...and I think this fits the bill! i think you are right...

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: Whistle Stop
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 03:08 PM

All I really remember about the scene at the end was that it had someone skating on a frozen lake or river, under which Nicole Kidman's lifeless body lay beautifully frozen in place -- which was great symbolism, given her character. Like I said, I'm not sure, but it rang a bell; hope you're able to confirm.

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: rangeroger
Date: 07 Apr 00 - 11:28 PM

Whistle Stop;
Thanks. Will rent it and check it out.
rr

Subject: RE: Help: Joni Mitchell 'River'
From: rangeroger
Date: 08 Apr 00 - 02:32 PM

"To Die For" is the one.The music,however is Donovan's "Season of the Witch". I think when I heard "River" again my mind supplied the images from the movie.Talk about an over-active imagination.
I should probably post the results to Caitrin's "Mental Images" thread.
Aldus, it would have made a great music video.
Thanks everyone.
rr

Subject: ADD: River (Joni Mitchell)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Nov 22 - 06:00 PM

https://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=8

RIVER
(Joni Mitchell)

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Oh, I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

© January 18, 1971; Siquomb Pub Corp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLHxxBTl71I