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A Thousand Acres
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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   2,730 votes
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Director:
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Writers (WGA):
Jane Smiley (novel)
Laura Jones (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 September 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Best friends. Bitter rivals. Sisters.
Plot:
"King Lear" set on a farm in Iowa. full summary | add synopsis
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)

User Comments:
Not all that bad 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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some strong sexual language.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Illinois, USA more

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Trivia:
Based loosely on William Shakespeare's "King Lear". more
Quotes:
Larry Cook: You can't have children, but you, Rose, your children will laugh when you die. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Steel Guitars more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Not all that bad, 11 May 1999

A Thousand Acres (1997:***) This sober drama lasted about a week in theaters and was dismissed as dreary soap opera by most critics. There are echoes of "King Lear" in the story of a wealthy farmer who decides to divide his estate among his three daughters. But I thought the reviews overestimated the extent to which the story uses the Lear parallels. It's just a catalyst for a strong drama of family conflicts and repressed memories coming to the fore that soon goes its own way. There are some script problems: the youngest daughter's loyalty to her cruel father seems quite inexplicable, and as a lawyer you would think she'd know better than to put a hopelessly senile person on the witness stand. The fine cast does pretty well, especially Jessica Lange and Michelle Pfeiffer, although as usual Jennifer Jason Leigh is barely adequate as the youngest sister. Maybe watching this on a stormy Sunday night helped put me in the mood, but I rather enjoyed this one.

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