Title: Places in the Heart
Original Title: Places in the Heart
Year: 1984
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 111 Minutes (1 hour 51 min)
- Budget: $9,500,000
- Genre: Drama
- Studios: TriStar Pictures
Release Dates
- United States: October 05 1984
Plot
'Places in the heart' is a drama movie directed and written by Robert Benton and set in his hometown. During the 30's, in a small town in Texas, Edna Spalding (Sally Field) must burry her own husband, who was the commissioner of the town. After this tragic event, Edna will have to face a completely new life. Now, she must put at the front of the family and provide for her own kids. Despite all difficulties, this woman will not lose solidarity and will take over a street vendor called Moze (Danny Glover) and Will (John Malkovich), a man who has lost his sight. Together, they will try to keep the family afloat, taking care of the harvest in order to get any type of benefit that brings food and money into the house.
Awards
- 1985 Academy Awards (Oscars): 2 2
- 1985 Golden Globes: 1 1
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Trivia
Sally Field
This movie in 1985 gave actress Sally Field her second [and final to date, March 2015] Academy Award and both in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category. Field's first had been around five years earlier for 'Norma Rae (1979)' in 1980.
Robert Benton
The director and screenwriter, Robert Benton, set the film in his birthplace of Waxahachie, Texas in 1935, three years after he was born there.
Prizes
The film was nominated for 7 seven Academy Awards and won two - for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
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