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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   1,911 votes
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Director:
Dan Ireland
Writers:
Novalyne Price Ellis (memoir One Who Walked Alone)
Michael Scott Myers (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
20 December 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
In Memoriam: Harve Presnell (1933-2009)
 (From Cinematical. 3 July 2009, 7:02 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Painful to Watch... more

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for a substantial amount of mild language and mature thematic elements.
Runtime:
111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more
Company:
Cineville more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The infamous kiss shared between characters Robert E. Howard ('Vincent D'Onofrio (I)') and Novalyne Price (Renée Zellweger) was only shot once. The kiss shown in the movie is a cut and edited version of their single take. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Enid says that Bob Howard thinks he's "Max Schneling" when he is pretending to box. The German boxing champ's name was actually Max Schmeling. more
Quotes:
Robert E. 'Bob' Howard: To make life worth living a man or woman has to have a great love or a great cause... I have neither. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Black Stompers more

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25 out of 36 people found the following comment useful:-
Painful to Watch..., 5 September 1999
Author: Sean Hanson (shanson83@hotmail.com) from North Bend, OR

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.

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