Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | Robert E. Howard | |
Renée Zellweger | ... | Novalyne Price | |
Ann Wedgeworth | ... | Mrs. Howard | |
Harve Presnell | ... | Dr. Howard | |
Benjamin Mouton | ... | Clyde Smith | |
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Helen Cates | ... | Enid |
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Leslie Buesing | ... | Ethel (as Leslie Berger) |
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Chris Shearer | ... | Truett |
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Sandy Walper | ... | Mammy |
Marion Eaton | ... | Woman on Bus | |
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Dell Aldrich | ... | Mrs. Hemphill (as Dell F. Aldrich) |
Libby Villari | ... | Etna Reed Price | |
Michael Corbett | ... | Booth Adams | |
Antonia Bogdanovich | ... | Teacher | |
Elizabeth D'Onofrio | ... | Mrs. Smith |
In Texas in the 1930s, young schoolteacher Novalyne Price (Renée Zellweger) meets a handsome, eccentric, interesting young man named Robert E. Howard (Vincent D'Onofrio). He's a successful writer of the pulp stories of "Conan the Barbarian", and she's an aspiring one. A friendship develops into a sort of courtship. Based on a memoir by Novalyne Price. Written by Eileen Berdon <eberdon@aol.com>
Before I saw this movie a few years ago, I had never heard of "Robert E Howard". Since then, I've educated myself on who Robert E Howard was...and who Novalynn was. He was extraordinary and she drank him up. It's incredible that someone took her book and made a movie out of the story. Even more incredible is how perfectly it was all orchestrated. The characters were fantastic (Especially Vincent DiOnofrio). The script was great, the filmwork was beautiful, the timing was right on. I will never grow tired of this movie. And I'll continue to turn it onto whoever comes over to my house and hasn't seen it yet. The Whole Wide World is a masterpiece!