A thousand acres 1997 directed by jocelyn moorhouse. A thousand acres by jane smiley plot summary litcharts. A thousand acres 1997 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Description book a thousand acres by jane smiley larry cook is an aging farmer who decides to incorporate his farm, handing complete and joint ownership to his three daughters, ginny, rose, and caroline. A thousand acres is an ungainly, undigested assembly of womens issues, milling about within a halfbaked retread of king lear. Cindy crawford at an event for a thousand acres 1997 griffin dunne at an event for a thousand acres 1997. A thousand acres, told from the middle of three daughters, is a story about a small farming community in rural iowa during the mid1970s and is loosely based on king lear. Kindles xray feature helpfully tells you how each character in a thousand acres is aligned to the characters in king lear. Steel guitars as heard in a thousand acres by ron keel listen adfree with youtube red. Read book a thousand acres by jane smiley read ereader. A thousand acres 1997 trailers and clips a patriarch jason robards deeds his farm to two michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange of his three daughters in a modern king lear set in the u. A thousand acres 1997 trailers and clips moviefone. Michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange, jennifer jason leigh. The film was written by jane smiley and directed by jocelyn moorhouse.
The lives of an iowa farmers three daughters are shattered when he suddenly. The staunch patriarch jason robards lives in the big house on the farm and two of his three daughters jessica lange and michelle pfeiffer live in the smaller houses on the farm with their husbands. A thousand acresthe myth of fingerprintsgoing all the waywaco. A thousand acres makes disappointingly sudsy stuff out of the source material, but benefits from. It won the 1992 pulitzer prize for fiction, the national book critics circle award for fiction in 1991 and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name. A thousand acres is mostly set in the late 1970s, when jimmy carter was the president of the united states. A thousand acres 1997 a patriarch jason robards deeds his farm to two michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange of his three daughters in a modern king lear set in. Dolby digitalcredits variants logo timeline wiki fandom. Financial analysis of a thousand acres 1997 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Distributor walt disney studios motion pictures see full company information. Read about the a thousand acres dvd and browse other dvd movies. Larry cook is a prominent midwestern farmer with three daughters, ginny the eldest, and the narrator of the novel, rose, and caroline, the youngest. Read the a thousand acres movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. An interesting modern adaptation inspired by king lear, in which jason robards monstrous father well deserves his fate as his daughter ginny outlines the dark family secrets which have been locked away.
Watch full hd a thousand acres 1997 online free hdfy. Carter was seen by many as an incompetent, ineffectual leader, and perhaps the novels themes of impotence and infertility, and its frustrated tone are meant to mirror the famous malaise of the carter era. A thousand acres 1997 is a drama movie starring michelle pfeiffer and jessica lange. A thousand acres 1997 cast and crew a patriarch jason robards deeds his farm to two michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange of his three daughters in a modern king lear set in the u. I heard her speak at the 2015 national book festival, and she said she wanted to write books in many genres.
A thousand acres movie trailer 1997 video spot jessica. A thousand acres 1997 stream and watch online moviefone. Owing more to the spirit of oprah than to the bard. It was produced by the joint collaboration of marc abraham and thomas bliss. Ginny is married to ty, a farmer, rose is married to pete, a musician from another state, and caroline, the only one of the three daughters who attended college, is soon to be married to frank. Lynn arost, marc abraham, jane smiley, laura jones. Watch a thousand acres full movie in hd visit movie 66588 a thousand acres is a drama about an american family who meets with. 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. King lear just call him larry in iowa the new york times. A thousand acres 1997 jocelyn moorhouse cast and crew. The novel is a modernized retelling of shakespeare s king lear and is set on a thousand acre four hundred hectares farm in. Larry cook is a very wealthy farmer who lives and works in.
The cross farm, 1,000 acres of rich, debtfree iowa land, has been in the family for three generations, and aging patriarch larry jason robards. Released september 19th, 1997, a thousand acres stars michellepfeiffer, jessicalange, jasonrobards, jenniferjasonleigh the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a score of. That jane smileys a thousand acres would become a movie was inevitable. Sep 26, 1997 a thousand acres by owen gleiberman updated september 26, 1997 at 04. Oh yeah, a thousand acres was a good movie btw, sorry, i go off on tangents sometimes. A thousand acres dvd 1997 geesh, what a flick this is such a powerful story about a down to earth farming family in the american midwest when the balance of power shifts. The film is so unfocused that at the end of its very long 104 minutes, i was unable to say who i was supposed to like and who i was supposed to hatealthough i could name several characters for whom i had no feelings at all. Find movie and film cast and crew information for a thousand acres 1997 jocelyn moorhouse on allmovie. A thousand acres is a 1997 american drama film directed by jocelyn moorhouse and starring michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange, jennifer jason leigh and jason robards it is an adaptation of the pulitzer prizewinning novel of the same name by jane smiley, which itself is a reworking of william shakespeares king lear.
A patriarch jason robards deeds his farm to two michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange of his three daughters. A thousand acres movie trailer 1997 video spot jessica lange michelle pfeiffer by cappazack. A thousand acres is a 1997 american drama film directed by jocelyn moorhouse and starring. The cross farm, 1,000 acres of rich, debtfree iowa land, has been in the family for three generations, and aging patriarch larry jason robards lords over land and relatives like a homespun. Transferring king lear to the american midwest may be a crackerjack idea, but a thousand acres leaves shakespeare stranded in the high corn. Met jessica lange, michelle pfeiffer en jennifer jason leigh. A thousand acres 1997 cast and crew a patriarch jason robards deeds his farm to two michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange of his three daughters in a. With michelle pfeiffer, jessica lange, jennifer jason leigh, jason robards. A thousand acres 1997 full movie download full hd youtube. A thousand acres is a drama about an american family who meets with tragedy on their land.
A thousand acres study guide literature guide litcharts. The image measures 348 475 pixels and is 96 kilobytes large. A thousand acres is a 1991 novel by american author jane smiley. Iron monkey 1993 heat 1995 muppet treasure island 1996 white squall 1996 mars attacks. A thousand acres 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Japanese dvd movie cover image for a thousand acres 1997. A thousand acres makes disappointingly sudsy stuff out of the source material, but benefits from solid performances by a strong cast. A thousand acres 1997 where to watch it streaming online. The movie takes place in iowa on one familys thousand acres of prime farm land. Mar 03, 2018 a thousand acres, jane smiley thousand ventures.
Its a drama movie with a very low rotten tomatoes critics score of 24% and an average imdb audience. Oct 08, 1997 a thousand acres the harvest of a lousy script october 8, 1997 web posted at. The drama entitled a thousand acres is centered on the life of a man known as larry cook. It is set among cornfields and vast pastures, beneath largely. A bunch of tragic shit happens that is mostly the fault of the men. Released september 19th, 1997, a thousand acres stars michellepfeiffer, jessicalange, jasonrobards, jenniferjasonleigh the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a. A thousand acres by owen gleiberman updated september 26, 1997 at 04.