p 　　As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the missus 三九 brother A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he 三九 s broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot Whit, 一四, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid quot growing up to be a cotton picker all my life, quot begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant p