Directed by David Burris. With Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine, Minka Kelly, Adelaide Clemens. In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.

Audience Reviews for The World Made Straight. May 04, 2015. Sort of interesting take on post-Civil War feuds in the South, but it doesn't really go anywhere. Stephen S Super Reviewer.

Vivid, harrowing yet ultimately hopeful, The World Made Straight is Ron Rash's subtlest exploration yet of the painful conflict between the bonds of home and the desire for independence.

The World Made Straight is the third novel by award-winning American author, Ron Rash. Having quit school due to boredom rather than stupidity, 17-year-old Travis Shelton helps his father in the tobacco fields. Looking for a better fishing spot during his free time, he stumbles across a field of marijuana plants.

The World Made Straight In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, young and rebellious Travis Shelton (Jeremy Irvine) finds himself ensnared in the violence of the past and the subtle evils of the present. Based on the novel by Ron Rash.

The World Made Straight is a 2006 novel by Ron Rash.

As you've probably gathered, a good portion of "The World Made Straight" is an Appalachian-flavored realistic drama about hard people living through hard times. The filmmakers take care to situate the crime, threats and one-upmanship within the context of reality. The houses, cars and clothes seem lived in rather than designed.

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