A Thousand Acres (film)

A Thousand Acres (A Thousand Acres ) is an American film drama directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse from the year 1997. The screenplay was written by Laura Jones on the basis of an award-winning novel by Jane Smiley from the year 1991. The main roles were played by Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Robards.

Action

Living in Iowa farmer Larry Cook wants his farm about are the daughters Ginny, Rose and Caroline. Ginny and Rose are pleased, however, the lawyer Caroline has doubts. When the women see her father, he does not want to see Caroline.

From now on, always pull on larger wounds and the apparent idyllic family breaks under the whims of despotic father. Incest, suicide, jealousy and affairs - the Cook family seems to be the end of their tether.

Finally, the increasingly confused and paranoid Larry goes to court to get the farm back into his care. He is supported by his youngest daughter, Caroline; but the other side wins, whereupon Larry completely decompensated. A fierce battle of Rose and Ginny to respect and retribution now determined the lives of the sisters, who are haunted by their past again after all these years. Because they are both abused as children by their father. Finally, Ginny and Rose leave their parental home; Ginny takes a job as a waitress and is visited one last time by her boyfriend Ty Smith, also before it leaves the area; Rose, who has two children, buys an apartment, but is ill and dies after having Ginny removed the promise, firstly, to look after the children and secondly Caroline to tell from the shady side of the Father. Ginny takes Roses children, but breaks the second promise, knowing that Caroline would not believe her. Finally she leaves her childhood home; it is sold to an agricultural company and razed to the ground.

The story is based on William Shakespeare's " King Lear", who wants to divide his kingdom among his three daughters also. In addition, the movie name alliterations to the name to " King Lear": Larry ↔ Lear, Cook ↔ King, Ginny ↔ Goneril, Regan and Caroline Rose ↔ ↔ Cordelia.

Reviews

Foreign language reviews

James Berardinelli compared the film to ReelViews with the film Fried Green Tomatoes, he described the characters as strong and credible. He also praised the work of director Jocelyn Moorhouse and the presentation of Jessica Lange. The game of Jennifer Jason Leigh he described as less impressive ( less-than - impressive ), which should, however, be due to their role.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times on 19 September 1997 that the film would take over from the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, some elements of the plot, but not its depth. He would assume the standard clichés, according to which men and fathers should be bad. Ebert criticized, none of the characters were likeable and that Ginny would be too much in the center of the story. The depictions of Jessica Lange and Michelle Pfeiffer in the common scenes he described as bright ( luminous ).

German -language reviews

Weekly described the film as shallow and compared it with a soap opera. TV Movie 13/1998 praised the performances of the actors, especially the Jessica Lange and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film was described as ambitious and successful.

Cinema 7/1998 praised the game's three female main characters. TV Feature 13/1998 described the film as ambitious and sincere. TV hearing and seeing 24/1998 described the performance of the actors as great as the film succeeded and bulky.

The lexicon of the International film said: " One of two excellent leading actresses born family drama that vaguely resembles Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is " inspired the generation gap be overburdened by too many problems, so that the film only in a few moments more common on the surface mainstream. Entertainment penetrates. "

Awards

Jessica Lange was nominated in 1998 for a Golden Globe Award. Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michelle Pfeiffer won a prize from the 1999 Festival del Cinema Sentimental e Melo in Verona.

Background

The producer Michelle Pfeiffer first wanted to undertake for the role of Larry Cook, Paul Newman, but he refused the role from.

1997 in film Steve Golin Film score Richard Hartley Kevin Anderson (actor) Paranoia
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