Earthly Possessions (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

James Lapine

Writers (WGA):

Anne Tyler (book)
Steven Rogers (teleplay)

Release Date:

20 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Charlotte wasn't looking to meet Jake. And Jake wasn't looking to take a hostage. Some people should look where they're going.

Plot:

When the small town's bank gets robbed, the preacher's wife (Sarandon) is the last person that one would...

Plot Keywords:

Hostage | Pregnant | Preacher's Wife | Home For Unwed Mothers | Bank Robbery

Cast

Susan Sarandon	...	Charlotte Emory
Phoebe Lapine	...	Cheerleader #1
Anna Rose Menken	...	Cheerleader #2 (as Anna Manken)
Marge Redmond	...	Old Woman In Bank
Danielle Ferland	...	Baby Whitehead
Stephen Dorff	...	Jake Simms, Jr.
Marialisa Costanzo	...	Screaming Woman
William Hill	...	Bank Guard
Brenda Currin	...	Street Witness
Margo Martindale	...	Libby
Julyana Soelistyo	...	Sour Waitress
Tak Wah Eng	...	Bartender
Boyd Gaines	...	Announcer
Deborah Rush	...	Heidi Anderson
John Christopher Jones	...	Marvel Hodge

MPAA:

Rated R for some language.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Hungary:14 | South Korea:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Gas station - U.S. 9W & Christian Herald Road, Upper Nyack, New York, USA

Company:

Rastar Pictures

Trivia:

The film was shot entirely on location in the New York/New Jersey area at the request of star Susan Sarandon due to her well-known and publicized policy of filming projects close to home during the school year in order to be close to her children and not to disrupt their routine.

Quotes:

Jake: Look, I'm not one of your kids, lady, so don't try and lecture me.
Charlotte: [interrupting] Oh, I haven't got any kids.
Jake: What? You said that...
Charlotte: Well I lied. After my miscarriage I couldn't have any.
[beat]
Charlotte: I lie to myself sometimes. I pretend I have kids. I pretend what they would be like...
[beat]
Charlotte: I've never told that to anyone before.
Jake: I didn't mean any of those things I said.
Charlotte: I know.
[...]

Soundtrack:

He's Got the Power

Stirring

I thought this was quite a good movie. It stirred something in me.

I thought that Charlotte and Jake had real passion. I found myself laughing because of the ridiculousness of some of the stuff that they did.... picturing people in their situation doing the things they did.

I really liked it because it was so different and unpredictable. I was very disappointed with the ending though.