A Thousand Acres (1997 film)
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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 an Iowa farm as it explores family conflict, patriarchy, and buried trauma.
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| A Thousand Acres | 3 |
| A Thousand Acres (novel) | 1 |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | A Thousand Acres (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Thousand Acres (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Jane Smiley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Lajos Koltai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Thomas Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| director | Jocelyn Moorhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorLabel | Touchstone Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorParentCompany | The Walt Disney Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Nicholas Beauman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Iowa
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Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | King Lear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySourceAward | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
buried trauma
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family conflict ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
abuse and trauma
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inheritance dispute ⓘ power dynamics in families ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Arlene Donovan
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Steven Haft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Davis Entertainment
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Touchstone Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1997-09-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jocelyn Moorhouse
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Laura Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | farm ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Colin Firth
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Jason Robards NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Jason Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Carradine NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Pfeiffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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