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Release Date:
11 October 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
Love is a chain of love... as nature is a chain of life. morePlot:
After his mother's death, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, the wealthy, avaricious... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins moreUser Comments:
Shamefully overlooked on its first release. more (21 total)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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Rated PG for mild language and thematic elements.Parents Guide:
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107 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Wetumpka, Alabama, USAFun Stuff
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The seventh pairing out of ten movies of comic actors and great friends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. moreQuotes:
Mrs. Peters: Shame on you Dolly Talbo, sittin up in that tree like a drunken Indian, smoking on cigarettes like a common... FloozyMrs. Buster: Floozy
Catherine Creek: Preacher lady don't you be callin Ms. Dolly here no floozy now, why I come down there and slap you bow-legged.
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ROCK OF AGES moreFAQ
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I was really surprised that The Grass Harp turned out to be the great film that it is. The book by Truman Capote is one of my favourites and I didn't think that it would work as a film.
It has been cast perfectly with Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie beautifully bringing to life the Talbo sister's Verena and Dolly respectively. Special mention too should be given to Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon & Roddy McDowall. All the cast are really quite terrific.
Great attention has been made to period detail and the film has a glorious soundtrack.
Full marks to the screen writers who have adapted the spirit of Capote's novel. And last but not least to Charles Matthau for his sensitive direction. A must see film shamefully overlooked on its first release.