A Thousand Acres
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A Thousand Acres is a 1997 drama film adaptation of Jane Smiley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, reimagining Shakespeare’s King Lear on a contemporary Iowa farm.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Thousand Acres canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardSourceMaterial | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (for the novel A Thousand Acres) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Thousand Acres (novel)
NERFINISHED
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King Lear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor |
Jane Smiley
NERFINISHED
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William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lajos Koltai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jocelyn Moorhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Buena Vista Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | United States theatrical release ⓘ |
| editedBy | Nicholas Beauman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse and trauma
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family conflict ⓘ inheritance dispute ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ rural American life ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ginny Cook Smith
NERFINISHED
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Larry Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Cook Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Hartley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeBasis | modern retelling of King Lear ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Arlene Donovan
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Gary Lucchesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Davis Entertainment
NERFINISHED
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Touchstone Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jane Smiley
NERFINISHED
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Laura Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | farm ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Colin Firth
NERFINISHED
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Jason Robards NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Jason Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Pfeiffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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