Big Stone Gap

20142014
PG-13PG-13
1h 43m

Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, Jenna Elfman, Anthony LaPaglia, Jane Krakowski, John Benjamin Hickey, and Patrick Wilson in Big Stone Gap (2014)

A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

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In a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan finds her life shaken up and forever changed after learning a long-buried family... Read allIn a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan finds her life shaken up and forever changed after learning a long-buried family secret.In a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan finds her life shaken up and forever changed after learning a long-buried family secret.

Director
- Adriana Trigiani
Writer
- Adriana Trigiani(written for the screen by)
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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Whoopi Goldberg in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Big Stone Gap (2014)

Whoopi Goldberg in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, Jenna Elfman, and John Benjamin Hickey in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Ashley Judd in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Whoopi Goldberg and Erika Coleman in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Anthony LaPaglia in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Whoopi Goldberg in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Jane Krakowski in Big Stone Gap (2014)

Ave Maria Mulliganas Ave Maria Mulligan

Jack MacChesneyas Jack MacChesney

Whoopi Goldberg

Fleeta Mullinsas Fleeta Mullins

John Benjamin Hickey

Theodore Tiptonas Theodore Tipton

Nan MacChesneyas Nan MacChesney

Angelina Fiordellisi

Fiammetta Mulliganas Fiammetta Mulligan

Tayloe Slagleas Tayloe Slagle

Pearl Grimesas Pearl Grimes

Iva Lou Wadeas Iva Lou Wade

Anthony LaPaglia

Spec Broadwateras Spec Broadwater

Sweet Sue Tinsleyas Sweet Sue Tinsley

Father Johnas Father John
(as Fr. John S. Rausch GLMY)

James Edward Mitchell Jr.

Bobby Dinsmoreas Bobby Dinsmore

Mary Pat Gleason

Alice Lambertas Alice Lambert

Delegate Terry Kilgoreas Delegate Terry Kilgore
(as Delegate Terry Kilgore)

Earl Purvisas Earl Purvis

Halas Hal

Brandon Scott Beaty Sr.

PeeWeeas PeeWee

Director
- Adriana Trigiani
Writer
- Adriana Trigiani(written for the screen by) (based on the novel by)
All cast & crew
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Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentrics in the state. Ave Maria Mulligan is the town's self-proclaimed spinster, a thirty-five year old pharmacist with a "mountain girl's body and a flat behind." She lives an amiable life with good friends and lots of hobbies until the fateful day in 1978 when she suddenly discovers that she's not who she always thought she was. Before she can blink, Ave's fielding marriage proposals, fighting off greedy family members, organizing a celebration for visiting celebrities, and planning the trip of a lifetime-a trip that could change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. —Anonymous

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Taglines
- Small town. Big heart.
Genres
- Comedy
- Romance
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG - 13 for brief suggestive material
Parents guide

Trivia
Actor Patrick Wilson's family is from the town of Big Stone Gap.

Goofs
John Benjamin Hickey's Mustang has Virginia antique car plates. The car would have been only 14 years old at the time. In Virginia a car must be at least 25 to get antique tags.

Quotes
[first lines]
Ave Maria Mulligan: [narrating] When I was a girl we drove past the coal mines, it looked like a story book to me. It seemed an army of men was doing something so important it could change the world. That's when Mama would say, "Every time you light a lamp to read, you can thank a coal miner." I was born and raised in the hills of Virginia when coal was king.
Ave Maria Mulligan: Life was simple in Big Stone Gap. You went to Zackie's for your jeans, you went to Gilley's for your engagement ring. And you went to my family drugstore when you were sick. On Friday nights you rooted for the Vikings, and after the game you went for burgers at Carmine's to celebrate, because we never lost.
Ave Maria Mulligan: Every year we put on The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, the story of a mountain girl and the mining engineer who loved her. You either acted a part or played in the band or worked behind the scenes, like me. One year was a lot like the last, and before I knew it, it was 1978 and I turned 40. Almost overnight I was the old maid in Big Stone Gap. It seemed like happiness was for other people.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jeff Daniels/Whoopi Goldberg/Nelly (2015)

Soundtracks
Shenandoah
Traditional
Performed by Michael Trigiani
Courtesy of Z. Corp Music

Top review

5/10

lacks authenticity

It's 1978. Big Stone Gap is a coal mining town in the mountains of Virginia. Ave Maria Mulligan (Ashley Judd) is the 40 year old spinster who runs her late mean-spirited father's pharmacy. After her mother's death, she gets a letter from her revealing her real Italian biological father. She has a longtime love of quiet miner Jack MacChesney (Patrick Wilson) but gold-digging divorcee Sweet Sue Tinsley (Jane Krakowski) has set her sights on him. Fleeta Mullins (Whoopi Goldberg) is her one employee.

This is a lot of Hollywood types trying to play hillbillies. It's a wacky artistic group with too many lacking the prerequisite red necks. Judd and Wilson can pass for photogenic country folk but there are too many other wacky coasters. Elfman and Goldberg don't fit. This lacks the authenticity of a 70's coal mining town. Even poor Pearl Grimes' family has a nice house. The coal mining has no realism. It's a bunch of guys with hand shovels. I do like the actors and characters overall. Judd and Wilson are an appealing romantic pairing. It's not quite enough to overcome the lack of a ramshackle setting or believable town folks. have been more intensity but Fry is good.

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SnoopyStyle
Mar 24, 2018

Release date
- May 20, 2016 (Spain)
Country of origin
- United States
Official sites
- Official Facebook
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Soltera a los 40
Filming locations
- Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA
Production company
- Altar Identity Studios
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Gross US & Canada
- $1,009,301
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $362,422
- Oct 11, 2015
Gross worldwide
- $1,012,804

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Runtime
1 hour 43 minutes
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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