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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 | |
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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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A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories. Written by Jason Englisbe <zzenglisbej@winthrop.edu>
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19 September 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
En lo profundo del corazón See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,931,762, 21 September 1997, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$7,928,412, 14 December 1997Company Credits
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[chuckles]
Rose: That's my pound of flesh.
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(1997)
Written by Dominic Miller and William Topley
Performed by William Topley
Courtesy of Mercury Nashville Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Michelle Pfeiffer, who produced the film, wanted Paul Newman to play patriarch Larry Cook, but he turned down the role. See more »Goofs
The film is set in Iowa but there is a State of Illinois certification sticker on the church kitchen-window frame. See more »Quotes
Rose: [referring to her mastectomy] You think a breast weighs a pound?[chuckles]
Rose: That's my pound of flesh.
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Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: A Thousand Acres/The Myth of Fingerprints/Going All the Way/Waco: The Rules of Engagement/Gravesend/Fire (1997) See more »Soundtracks
Drink Called Love(1997)
Written by Dominic Miller and William Topley
Performed by William Topley
Courtesy of Mercury Nashville Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing
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When I found out that Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jason Robards were teaming for a film based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, I went out and read the book immediately. "A Thousand Acres" was one of the best reading experiences of my life, and while the film couldn't capture the book in its entirety (no film could, unless it were six hours long), I really enjoyed it. Michelle Pfeiffer should have received another Oscar nomination for her fearless portrayal of Rose Cook Lewis, the character modeled after Shakespeare's evil Regan from "King Lear." While all of the performances are solid, they seem somehow timid next to Pfeiffer, who once again proves that she is most definitely not just another pretty face.