The Ponder Heart ★★½ 2001 Eccentric Daniel Ponder (MacNicol) wants to give all his inherited fortune away. So folks in his Mississippi community considered him a mite peculiar, especially after he suddenly marries the teenaged Bonnie Dee (Bettis). Then Bonnie disappears and Ponder is put on trial for the alleged murder of his bride. Easy-going southern charm and small-town craziness. Based on the novel by Eudora Welty. 120m/C VHS. Peter MacNicol, JoBeth Williams, Angela Bettis;
Director:
Martha Coolidge. TV
