Citizen Ruth

E196812
comedy-drama film film satirical film

Citizen Ruth is a 1996 satirical comedy-drama film about abortion politics in America, directed by Alexander Payne and starring Laura Dern as a troubled woman caught between pro-life and pro-choice activists.

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Citizen Ruth canonical 12
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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
cinematographyBy James Glennon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Alexander Payne ⓘ
distributor Miramax Films ⓘ
editedBy Kevin Tent ⓘ
filmingLocation Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacter Blaine Gibbons ⓘ
Diane Siegler ⓘ
Norm Stoney ⓘ
Mary Beth Hughes ⓘ
surface form: Rachel Woodruff

Ruth Stoops ⓘ
hasTheme exploitation of individuals by political groups ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
mainCharacter Ruth Stoops ⓘ
musicBy Rolfe Kent ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Laura Dern ⓘ
productionCompany Cinepix Film Properties ⓘ
rated R ⓘ
releaseDate 1996-12-13 ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runningTime 104 minutes ⓘ
screenDebutOf Alexander Payne feature directorial debut ⓘ
screenplayBy Alexander Payne ⓘ
Jim Taylor ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
starring Burt Reynolds ⓘ
Kelly Preston ⓘ
Laura Dern ⓘ
Mary Kay Place ⓘ
Swoosie Kurtz ⓘ
Tippi Hedren ⓘ
subject abortion politics ⓘ
pro-choice movement ⓘ
pro-life movement ⓘ
writer Alexander Payne ⓘ
Jim Taylor ⓘ

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Laura Dern → notableWork → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
Alexander Payne → notableWork → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
Mary Kay Place → notableWork → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
Jim Taylor → notableWork → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
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Constantine Alexander Payne → directed → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
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Kevin Tent → notableWork → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
Kevin Tent → editedFilm → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
Ruth Stoops → protagonistOf → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
Ruth Stoops → appearsIn → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
Ruth Stoops → fictionalUniverse → Citizen Ruth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citizen Ruth universe
Tippi Hedren → notableWork → Citizen Ruth ⓘ