'Places in the Heart' trivia and fun facts

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.

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.

Love on set

Although they first met years earlier, actors Ed Harris and Amy Madigan got married after working together on this film.

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.