A Thousand Acres

An American motion picture drama directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Robards. 'A Thousand Acres' i an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Jane Smiley. A Thousand Acres" follows the saga of the Cook family, headed by the indomitable patriarch, Larry Cook Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1,000 acres, but the seeds of its destruction are sown when he impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters, Ginny , Rose and Caroline . The apportioned land soon begins to divide the family. Long-guarded secrets, unspoken rivalries and denied desires, buried just beneath the surface of their respective lives, are unwillingly unearthed, with profound, catastrophic and ultimately liberating repercussions.