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The Grass Harp (1995) -- After his mother's death, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, the wealthy, avaricious...

Overview

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Director:
Charles Matthau
Writers (WGA):
Truman Capote (novel)
Stirling Silliphant (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 October 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy more
Tagline:
Love is a chain of love... as nature is a chain of life. more
Plot:
After his mother's death, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, the wealthy, avaricious... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Superb gentle story more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Piper Laurie ... Dolly Talbo

Sissy Spacek ... Verena Talbo

Walter Matthau ... Judge Charlie Cool

Edward Furlong ... Collin Fenwick

Nell Carter ... Catherine Creek

Jack Lemmon ... Dr. Morris Ritz

Mary Steenburgen ... Sister Ida

Sean Patrick Flanery ... Riley Henderson
Joe Don Baker ... Sheriff Junius Candle
Charles Durning ... Reverend Buster

Roddy McDowall ... Amos Legrand
Grayson Fricke ... Young Collin
Scott Wilson ... Eugene Fenwick
Bonnie Bartlett ... Mrs. Buster

Mia Kirshner ... Maude Riordan
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language and thematic elements.
Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:PG | Australia:G | Spain:T | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Wetumpka, Alabama, USA

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Trivia:
The seventh pairing out of ten movies of comic actors and great friends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. more
Quotes:
Tommy DeVito: [after Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy beat Billy Bates they start placing him on a couple of table cloths. Tommy turns to Henry] I didn't wanna get blood on your floor. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (2002) (V) more
Soundtrack:
WOODCHOPPER'S BALL more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Superb gentle story, 26 July 2005
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Author: Acapulqueno from Mexico

Directed by Walter Mathau's son Walter, this is a superb adaptation of on one of Truman Capote's best stories about how Southern misfits in the 1930's help each other survive. Both Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek, as the wealthy Talbo sisters, are perfectly cast and neither has ever been better. Walther Mathau, under his son's direction, in his most sympathetic roles, plays a retired judge. Every member of the spectacular cast is completely understandable: Jack Lemon and Mary Steenburgen are a pair of hilarious but unrelated con-artists. Nell Carter is the Talbo sister's very feisty cook, Joe Don Baker is the bumbling sheriff, Charles During the preacher, and Roddy McDowall is the gossipy barber. Look for Doris Roberts (Ray Romano's 'mom') as Mrs. Richards and for the director himself, Charles Mathau, as a barbershop regular.

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