Thousand Acres DVD

A Thousand Acres
A feminist farm belt version of William Shakespeare's King Lear, this film is based on Jane Smiley's novel about an aging farmer and his three daughters. The Lear-like farmer, Larry Cook (Jason Robards), decides to divide up his thousand-acre farm among his three daughters, but he disinherits his youngest, Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an attorney, when she expresses hesitancy. The other sisters, Ginny (Jessica Lange) and Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer), take up the offer, even though they were sexually abused by their father as children. They also take up romantically with the hippie son of a neighboring farmer, Jess Clark (Colin Firth), after their own drunken, demented father moves out to live with Clark's father Harold (Pat Hingle). When Rose's husband Peter (Kevin Anderson) learns of her betrayal, he gets drunk, crashes his truck, and dies. Ginny's husband Ty (Keith Carradine) enlists Caroline's help and sues Ginny and Rose on behalf of their father, whom he feels has been treated badly by the daughters. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

Cast Michelle Pfeiffer as Rose Cook Lewis Jessica Lange as Ginny Cook Smith Jason Robards, Jr. as Larry Cook Jennifer Jason Leigh as Caroline Cook Colin Firth as Jess Clark Keith Carradine as Ty Smith Kevin Anderson as Peter Lewis Pat Hingle as Harold Clark John Carroll Lynch as Ken LaSalle Anne Pitoniak as Mary Livingstone Vyto Ruginis as Charles Carter Michelle Williams as Pammy Elisabeth Moss as Linda Ray Toler as Marv Carson

Crew James F. Truesdale - Art Director Nancy Klopper - Casting Diana Pokorny - Co-producer Ruth Myers - Costume Designer Betsy Magruder - First Assistant Director Jocelyn Moorhouse - Director Maryann Brandon - Editor Thomas A. Bliss - Executive Producer Armyan Bernstein - Executive Producer Richard Hartley - Composer (Music Score) Daniel Davis - Production Designer Tak Fujimoto - Cinematographer Sigurjon Sighvatsson - Producer Kate Guinzburg - Producer Steve Golin - Producer Lynn Arost - Producer Marc Abraham - Producer Richard Lightstone - Sound/Sound Designer Laura Jones - Screenwriter Jane Smiley - Book Author

A Thousand Acres
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Jessica Lange: Golden Globe, Best Actress in a Dramatic Picture (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: Original theatrical trailer Chapter search DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 106 min