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Release Date:
11 March 1983 (Australia)
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Her story is shocking, disturbing, compelling... and true.
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The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted. | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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3 nominations
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(7 articles)
Broadway Actor Manning Dies
(From WENN. 20 September 2009, 4:01 PM, PDT)
Three Membership First Candidates Elected to AFTRA Boards
(From Digital Media Law. 3 June 2009, 11:37 PM, PDT)
(From WENN. 20 September 2009, 4:01 PM, PDT)
Three Membership First Candidates Elected to AFTRA Boards
(From Digital Media Law. 3 June 2009, 11:37 PM, PDT)
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Madness as a result of being haunted by the media because you are honest.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jessica Lange | ... | Frances Farmer |
 | Kim Stanley | ... | Lillian Farmer |
 | Sam Shepard | ... | Harry York |
 | Bart Burns | ... | Ernest Farmer |
| Jonathan Banks | ... | Hitchhiker |
| Bonnie Bartlett | ... | Studio Stylist |
| James Brodhead | ... | Desk Sergeant |
| Jane Jenkins | ... | Lady at Roosevelt Hotel (as J.J. Chaback) |
| Jordan Charney | ... | Harold Clurman |
| Rod Colbin | ... | Sentencing Judge |
| Daniel Chodos | ... | 'No Escape' director |
| Donald Craig | ... | Ralph Edwards |
| Sarah Cunningham | ... | Alma Styles |
 | Lee de Broux | ... | 'Flowing Gold' Director |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Clifford Odets |
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140 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:12 |
Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating)
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Graeme Clifford stated that he had put all the out-takes in storage and that they got thrown out without his knowledge, so all the deleted scenes are lost forever.
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Anachronisms: During Frances' hearing the courtroom wall has portraits of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. In 1943, when this occurred, the Vice President was Henry Wallace.
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Mr. Bebe:
Come along with me, Fanny.
Frances Farmer: Frances. You know, I'm not the cookbook.
Mr. Bebe: You see, you've got to change that name.
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Frances Farmer: Frances. You know, I'm not the cookbook.
Mr. Bebe: You see, you've got to change that name.
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Referenced in The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect (2000) (TV)
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Love Is So Terrific
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'Frances' is a highly touching reconstruction of the life of fifties actress Frances Farmer, from Seattle. Jessica Lange did a miraculous job in playing Frances, with paranoia in her rolling eyes, which -I must admit- makes her look like a madwoman indeed. The movie shows how someone can be completely destroyed by misunderstandings, enlarged by a ridiculous amount of media attention. The most beautiful part is that, where Frances returns to Seattle, now a star. The people who used to scorn her, are now kissing her butt to gain her sympathy. She stands still in the middle of the hallway, and with all eyes on her she starts to scream they are hypocrites. After that, she is of course again considered crazy, like before. Even when she only wants to be left alone, she is haunted and harassed by those who feel called upon 'helping her'. This, combined with a rather sensitive and unstable character, makes her paranoid and finally leads to her destruction.
I first heard about Frances Farmer through an interview with Kurt Cobain, who admired her courage and was experiencing the same as she had. Courtney got married in one of her dresses and even though their baby wasn't named after her but after a male Frances, they both thought of her later. Cobain also wrote a song about her, 'Frances Farmer will have her revenge on Seattle', which appeared on the second Nirvana studio album 'In Utero'.