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Overview
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Release Date:
19 September 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
Best friends. Bitter rivals. Sisters.
Plot:
"King Lear" set on a farm in Iowa. full summary | add synopsis
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Farm
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Iowa
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Disinheritance
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Church
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Drunk Driving
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 1 win
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(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)
(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
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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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Certification:
Denmark:7 |
USA:R (certificate #35105) |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (w) |
Netherlands:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Singapore:R(A) |
UK:15
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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.
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Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV)
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Stabroek Woman
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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.