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A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

Best friends. Bitter rivals. Sisters.

19975.71h 45m

Overview

The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Written by Laura Jones, Jane Smiley
Produced by Steve Golin, Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Michelle Pfeiffer
Box OfficeBudget: $28.0MRevenue: $7.9M

Top Cast

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Rose Cook Lewis

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Ginny Cook Smith

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Larry Cook

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Caroline Cook

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Jess Clark

Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

Ty Smith

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

Peter Lewis

Pat Hingle

Pat Hingle

Harold Clark

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

Ken LaSalle

Anne Pitoniak

Anne Pitoniak

Mary Livingstone

Themes & Keywords

farmbased on novel or bookiowatragedyfamilywoman director

About A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres is a drama, family film released in 1997 exploring themes of farm, based on novel or book, iowa, tragedy, family, woman director. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, it stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards. The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

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