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Director:
Martha Coolidge
Writers:
Gail Gilchriest (writer)
Eudora Welty (novel)
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Release Date:
15 October 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Uncle Daniel Ponder moves to give away his fortune, while his niece, Edna Earle, tries to tighten the reins on Daniel's generosity... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Peter MacNicol ... Uncle Daniel

JoBeth Williams ... Edna Earle Ponder

Angela Bettis ... Bonnie Dee Peacock
Boyce Holleman ... Grandpa Ponder

Jenifer Lewis ... Narcissa Wingfield

Victor Slezak ... Ovid Springer

Brent Spiner ... Dorris Grabney

Lenny von Dohlen ... DeYancey Clanahan

Joanne Baron ... Miss Teacake Magee

Tracey Needham ... Elsie Fleming
B.J. Hopper ... Judge Waite
Shari Schneider ... Eloise

Nathaniel Lee Jr. ... Talmadge

James Michael Bailey ... Mr. Peacock
Judy Garwood ... Mrs. Peacock
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Runtime:
Germany:91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Germany:6 | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Canton, Mississippi, USA more
Company:
Alt Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "The Ponder Heart" by Gail Gilchriest opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on February 16, 1956 and ran for 149 performances. The Gail Gilchriest stage play was the basis for this filmed production. more

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Pure Eudora Welty, 24 March 2003
Author: fanaticita from San Francisco

A beautiful film full of the richness and complexity of Southern life in the 1930s (?).The characters were beautifully portrayed and expressed the times, the concerns, desires, and needs of the Ponder family. Peter MacNichol was entirely believable as the beloved uncle whose only fault was his generosity. Angela Bettis clinched the innocent, pouting, yet headstrong Bonnie Dee. And JoBeth Williams did her best to hold the family together, while being cautiously aware of how life for the ponders seemed to be slipping away.

If you like the writing of Eudora Welty, you will love this film.

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