A Thousand Acres

Movie Details

Production Date: 1997
Country: USA
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Drama

Release Date (USA): September 19, 1997
Gross: $7,928,412 (USA)

Cast & Crew

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
Anne Pitoniak - Mary Livingstone
Vyto Ruginis - Charles Carter
Michelle Williams - Pammy
Elisabeth Moss - Linda
Ray Toler - Marv Carson

Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Screenplay by Laura Jones based on the novel by Jane Smiley
Produced by Marc Abraham, Lynn Arost, Steve Golin, Kate Guinzburg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson and Michelle Pfeiffer
Executive Producers Armyan Bernstein, Thomas A. Bliss
Co-producer Diana Pokorny
Direction of photography Tak Fujimoto
Original Music by Richard Hartley
Film Editing by Maryann Brandon
Production Design by Dan Davis
Costume Design by Ruth Myers
Casting by Nancy Klopper

Production Companies: Touchstone Pictures, Via Rosa Productions, Prairie Films and Polygram Filmed Entertainment , in assotiation with Beacon Communications and Propaganda Films

Plot Summary

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. When the youngest daughter objects, she is removed from the agreement. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions, as the story eventually reveals the long-term sexual abuse of the two oldest daughters that was committed by their father.

Curiosities

» Michelle Pfeiffer, who produced the film, wanted Paul Newman to play patriarch Larry Cook, but he turned down the role.

» Based loosely on William Shakespeare's "King Lear". In keeping with the source material, the characters' names Ginny, Rose and Caroline start with the same letters as those of Lear's daughters...Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.

Filming Locations

» Los Angeles, California, USA
» Rochelle, Illinois, USA

Release Dates

» USA - 19 September 1997
» Switzerland - 1 May 1998
» Australia - 7 May 1998
» France - 13 May 1998
» Belgium - 20 May 1998
» Turkey - 5 June 1998
» Netherlands - 18 June 1998
» UK - 19 June 1998
» Germany - 25 June 1998

» Denmark - 3 July 1998
» Finland - 11 September 1998
» Sweden - 11 September 1998
» Japan - 15 September 1998
» Norway - 2 October 1998
» Portugal - 23 October 1998
» Argentina - 14 January 1999
» Poland - 26 February 1999
» Italy - 7 May 1999

International Titles

» A Thusand Acress - Original Title
» A Thousand Acres - Denmark
» Aile baglari - Turkey
» Amigas e Rivais - Portugal
» En lo profundo del corazón - Argentina
» Heredarás la tierra - Spain
» Heretaràs la terra - Spain (Catalan title)
» Secrets - France
» Segreti - Italy
» Sydänmailla - Finland
» Tausend Morgen - Germany
» Terras Perdidas - Brazil
» Tisoc akrov - Slovenia
» Tusen tunnland - Sweden
» Tysiac akrów krzywd - Poland