| Walking Across Egypt | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Allan Seidenman |
| Produced by | Lance Tendler Stan Tendler |
| Screenplay by | Paul Tamasy |
| Based on | Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton |
| Starring | Ellen Burstyn Jonathan Taylor Thomas Mark Hamill |
| Music by | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Amelia Vincent |
| Editing by | Bert Glatstein Jonathan P. Shaw |
| Studio | Mitchum Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Keystone Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | December 17, 1999 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.5 million |
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.
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The film follows the life of Mattie Rigsbee (Ellen Burstyn), 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 (Mark Hamill). It is through this relationship in which she meets the dogcatcher's nephew, a troubled, foul-mouthed, orphaned juvenile delinquent, Wesley (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), 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.
Walking Across Egypt was filmed in the Florida cities of: Ocoee (including the Ocoee Christian Church), Clermont, Windermere, Orlando, and St. Cloud.
Despite there being no critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of the audience liked the film.[1]