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A Thousand Acres
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jane Smiley (novel)
Laura Jones (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 September 1997 (USA) more
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Best friends. Bitter rivals. Sisters.
Plot:
"King Lear" set on a farm in Iowa. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Vintage Pfeiffer & Lange
 (From FilmExperience. 19 September 2009, 9:15 AM, PDT)

Titanic Treasure: Golden Globe Nods
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 December 1997)

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An Underrated Adaptation more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michelle Pfeiffer ... Rose Cook Lewis

Jessica Lange ... Ginny Cook Smith

Jason Robards ... Larry Cook

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Caroline Cook

Colin Firth ... Jess Clark

Keith Carradine ... Ty Smith
Kevin Anderson ... Peter Lewis
Pat Hingle ... Harold Clark

John Carroll Lynch ... Ken LaSalle
Anne Pitoniak ... Mary Livingstone

Vyto Ruginis ... Charles Carter

Michelle Williams ... Pammy

Elisabeth Moss ... Linda

Ray Toler ... Marv Carson
Kenneth Tigar ... Doctor
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Rated R for some strong sexual language.
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105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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In keeping with the source material, the characters' names Ginny, Rose and Caroline start with the same letters as those of Lear's daughters...Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. more
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Ginny: Rose left me with a riddle I have not yet resolved: how we judge those that hurt us and show no remorse. more
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Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV) more
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Stabroek Woman more

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An Underrated Adaptation, 23 September 1998
Author: Red7Eric from Washington, DC

When I found out that Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jason Robards were teaming for a film based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, I went out and read the book immediately. "A Thousand Acres" was one of the best reading experiences of my life, and while the film couldn't capture the book in its entirety (no film could, unless it were six hours long), I really enjoyed it. Michelle Pfeiffer should have received another Oscar nomination for her fearless portrayal of Rose Cook Lewis, the character modeled after Shakespeare's evil Regan from "King Lear." While all of the performances are solid, they seem somehow timid next to Pfeiffer, who once again proves that she is most definitely not just another pretty face.

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