Walking Across Egypt is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by veteran director Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Paul Tamasy, based on Clyde Edgerton's novel of the same name. Walking Across Egypt represents one of the more significant independent films produced in the Florida film industry in recent times. The film follows the life of Mattie Rigsbee , an elderly woman who believes in strong religious convictions. The film explores the lonely qualities of life for senior citizens after their children leave as adults. Judge Reinhold and Gail O'Grady play Mattie's... children who live in a deep southern town. Mattie soon finds a likable friend in the local dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield . It is through this relationship in which she meets the dogcatcher's nephew, a troubled, foul-mouthed, orphaned juvenile delinquent, Wesley , currently serving time in juvenile detention for a recent car theft. Mattie finds that this young man is just missing direction and believes that with a little insight on Christianity he can straighten up and fly right.
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| Release date: | 1999 |
| Directed by: | Arthur Allan Seidelman |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | Amy Vincent |