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Georgia

  • 19951995
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  • 1h 55m
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6.5/10
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Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham in Georgia (1995)
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Sadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Her desperate need to be accepted by her sister is constantly complicated by her drug and alcohol prob... Read allSadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Her desperate need to be accepted by her sister is constantly complicated by her drug and alcohol problems.Sadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Her desperate need to be accepted by her sister is constantly complicated by her drug and alcohol problems.
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
27,811
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    • Director
      • Ulu Grosbard
    • Writer
      • Barbara Turner
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Jason Leigh
      • Mare Winningham
      • Ted Levine
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ulu Grosbard
    • Writer
      • Barbara Turner
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Jason Leigh
      • Mare Winningham
      • Ted Levine
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Georgia
    Trailer 1:28
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    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995)
    Mare Winningham in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh, John C. Reilly, Mare Winningham, and John Doe in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995)
    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995)

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    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Sadie Flood
    Mare Winningham
    Mare Winningham
    • Georgia Flood
    Ted Levine
    Ted Levine
    • Jake
    Max Perlich
    Max Perlich
    • Axel Goldman
    John Doe
    John Doe
    • Bobby
    John C. Reilly
    John C. Reilly
    • Herman
    Jimmy Witherspoon
    • Trucker
    Jason Carter
    Jason Carter
    • Chasman
    Tom Bower
    Tom Bower
    • Erwin Flood
    Smokey Hormel
    • Leland
    Jimmy Z.
    • Clay
    Tony Marsico
    • Paul
    Jamian Briar
    • Andrew Flood
    Rachel Rasco
    • Mish Flood
    Nicole Donahoo
    • Young Sadie Flood
    Aisleagh Jackson
    • Young Georgia Flood
    Colleen O'Hara
    • Ticket Agent
    Bruce Wirth
    • Dan Ferguson
    • Director
      • Ulu Grosbard
    • Writer
      • Barbara Turner
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    • Trivia
      After The Silence of the Lambs (1991) became a resounding success in 1991, Ted Levine, who played a serial killer in the film, became typecast as a villain by casting directors. It was Jennifer Jason Leigh who convinced the director of this film that he could portray a stay-at-home dad supporting his wife. Levine says he is now forever grateful for Leigh's belief in his versatility.
    • Goofs
      (at around 6 mins) Bobby's right hand is on, then off, his water glass.
    • Quotes

      Georgia: What are you drinking?

      Sadie Flood: You know me. Whatever's cheap or free.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Father of the Bride Part II/Reckless/Sabrina/Georgia (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Walk on the Wild Side
      Written by Lou Reed

      Performed by Jennifer Jason Leigh

    User reviews42

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Georgia on my mind
    'Georgia' is a strong, sometimes harrowing drama about the relationship between two singing siblings: the eponymous elder sister, an established country-folk star, and the less talented Sadie, who is actually the central character of this film. Jennifer Jason Leigh is in her element as the self-destructive, self-loathing Sadie, and delivers perhaps her finest performance; but Mare Willingham is also good in the subtler role of Georgia, a woman whose capacity to feel compassion has been tested to the limit, and which only survives when focused through a prism of superiority. Georgia is instinctively careful with words but Sadie compulsively goads her into betraying these instincts; the telling dialogues between them are constructed with a deadly precision, the high points of a generally excellent screenplay. What's also surprising is that the music is also good. In any film about art, a central problem for the director is creating a belief in the merits of the fictional work; in 'La Bellie Noiseuse', for example, Jean-Jacques Rivette created an explicit plot justification for not having to show the painting that is the film's centrepiece to his viewers, rather than letting us judge it. By contrast, in this film, Georgia sounds genuinely good, while Sadie veers between downright awful and almost interesting; this allows the film to actually use the music as a means of conveying the narrative of the story. This slows the pace of the film, and if you don't like the types of music played, might be excruciating; but it's interesting to see the (fictional) truth conveyed through the medium of performance.

    One of the film's strengths is that it grants us no indulgent fantasies; because of this, the narrative arc is limited (especially as the film is quite long). In some senses, the film resembles other great films about the self-destructive, like 'Five Easy Pieces' or 'Naked'. It's not quite in that class, but it's double-headed structure makes it more reflective, less visceral, but by no means uninteresting. Overall, it's an unjustly neglected work.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 8, 1995 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • 落翅天使
    • Filming locations
      • Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • CiBy 2000
      • Miramax
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,110,104
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $55,461
      • Dec 10, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,110,104
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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