Tuck Everlasting is a 2002 film very loosely based on the children’s book of the same title by Natalie Babbitt published in 1975. This Disney version was directed by Jay Russell.
Plot Summary: Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Soon she happens upon Jesse Tuck a boy full of life and adventure who’s unlike anyone she’s ever met and falls in love. The Tucks, a kind and generous family, have a powerful secret a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. And now Winnie must choose to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring.
Cast
* Alexis Bledel – Winifred “Winnie” Foster
* Jonathan Jackson – Jesse Tuck
* William Hurt – Angus Tuck
* Sissy Spacek – Mae Tuck
* Scott Bairstow – Miles Tuck
* Ben Kingsley – The Man in the Yellow Suit
