Based on superior American writer James Rufus Agee's (1909-1955) A Death in the Family, this is probably the very best version of the biographical true story. Completed posthumously, the story was awarded a prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 1958. This movie is well crafted with a superior performance by the very talented Jean Simmons. Cinematographically this production will always and forever stand as most accurate as the set location is real life Knoxville, TN in which Agee's childhood took place in the early 1900's. Many of the names and places referenced in the production are the actual names. If you by chance attended the 1982 World's Fair, the scene where the steam train passes is the actual World's Fair site. Enjoy.