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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Calder Willingham (book)
Calder Willingham (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 September 1991 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Innocence has never been so seductive.
Plot:
Rose, is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations more
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(6 articles)
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User Comments:
Soft, fuzzy, warm feel-good movie!!! more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Laura Dern ... Rose

Robert Duvall ... Daddy Hilyer

Diane Ladd ... Mother

Lukas Haas ... Buddy

John Heard ... Willcox Hillyer (Buddy as an adult)

Kevin Conway ... Dr. Martinson
Robert John Burke ... Dave Wilkie (as Robert Burke)
Lisa Jakub ... Doll
Evan Lockwood ... Waski

Matthew Sutherland ... Billy (as Matt Sutherland)
D. Anthony Pender ... Foster
David E. Scarborough ... Horton
Robin Dale Robertson ... Young Salesman

General Fermon Judd Jr. ... Shadrack

Richard K. Olsen ... Chief of Police
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sensuality.
Runtime:
112 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Producer Renny Harlin originally wanted to direct also, but director Martha Coolidge had done so much work already that Harlin stayed only as producer, but was on the set all time. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Rose is in bed with Buddy, the shot of the two of them shows her left arm being under the covers, and immediately the next shot is a closeup of Rose and her left arm is up and behind her head. more
Quotes:
Buddy: Everybody has a wicked side, Rose
Rose: There ain't none in your daddy.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT more

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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Soft, fuzzy, warm feel-good movie!!!, 23 July 2001
9/10
Author: (lilybear5923) from Calif.

I loved this movie. In updating my VHS collection to DVD I bought it a second time and was so glad that I did. I love the music score and the soft period lighting it provides in telling the story of Rose - a down on her luck teen-age almost adult girl who comes to live with a southern family during the depression in the 1930's. Although the film was edited for time (as all films are) the DVD provided more background information about the story through the commentary provided. Although I've never read the book - watching it again has made me decide that I want to.

I count this movie with others of its' kind (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER to name a few) as providing a wonderful opportunity to become a part of another's family memory. These kind of movies are capable of evoking in us a remembrance of our own childhood and bringing out feelings of warmth and caring that many of us have in common.

I highly recommend it for its beautiful photography and wonderful music.

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