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20 December 1996 (USA)
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A true story about the true love of the greatest pulp fiction writer of all time.
Plot:
In Texas in the 1930s, young schoolteacher Novalyne Price meets a handsome, eccentric, interesting young man named Robert Howard...
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Painful to Watch...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | Robert E. 'Bob' Howard |
 | Renée Zellweger | ... | Novalyne Price |
 | Ann Wedgeworth | ... | Mrs. Howard |
| Harve Presnell | ... | Dr. Howard |
 | Benjamin Mouton | ... | Clyde Smith |
 | Michael Corbett | ... | Mayor Booth Adams |
| Helen Cates | ... | Enid |
| Marion Eaton | ... | Woman on Bus |
 | Chris Shearer | ... | Truett Vinson |
 | Leslie Berger | ... | Ethel |
| Libby Villari | ... | Etna Reed Price |
| Sandy Walper | ... | Mammy |
| Dell Aldrich | ... | Mrs. Hemphill (as Dell F. Aldrich) |
 | Elizabeth D'Onofrio | ... | Mrs. Smith |
| Antonia Bogdanovich | ... | Teacher |
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Rated PG for a substantial amount of mild language and mature thematic elements.
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111 min
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The budget for this movie was set at $1.3 million. Due to their shortened time frame and lack of money, actor 'Vincent D'Onofrio (I)' had to convince the Bond companies to let them shoot certain scenes.
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Anachronisms: The postcard Novalyne gets from Bob shows a green 1¢ stamp featuring Andrew Jackson that was issued in 1963, yet the film is set in the 1930s.
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Robert E. 'Bob' Howard:
Hey girl. Take a look at the sunset that I ordered for you.
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Referenced in Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend (2005) (V)
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The Girl with the Pink Rose
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It's a good film, but it's absolutely painful to watch, as you repeatedly wish they'd put aside their insecurities and get together. The best screen kiss in recent memory is in this film and it gives you a taste of the power they would've had if they would've always stayed together, instead of straying alone. One of the most emotionally abusive films of the last year, it's more of a realistic romance instead of the perfect one featured in films such as "You've Got Mail". This and many other films serve as a reminder that most great romances are not without torturous actions from both halves.