Places in the Heart
The story of a woman fighting for her children, for her land, for the greatest dream there is... the future.
Overview
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
- Budget
- $9,500,000
- Revenue
- $34,901,614
- Production
- TriStar Pictures, Delphi II Productions
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Cast
Sally Field
Edna Spalding
Lindsay Crouse
Margaret Lomax
John Malkovich
Mr. Will
Danny Glover
Moze
Ed Harris
Wayne Lomax
Ray Baker
Sheriff Royce Spalding
Amy Madigan
Viola Kelsey
Terry O'Quinn
Buddy Kelsey
Bert Remsen
Tee Tot Hightower
Jay Patterson
W.E. Simmons
Toni Hudson
Ermine
De'voreaux White
Wylie
Jerry Haynes
Deputy Jack Driscoll
Gennie James
Possum Spalding
Lane Smith
Albert Denby
Robert Schenkkan
Texas Voice #2
J.C. Quinn
Texas Voice #1 (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Robert Benton
- Writers
- Robert Benton
- Producers
- Arlene Donovan,Michael Hausman
- Cinematography
- Néstor Almendros
- Composer
- John Kander
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Wuchak
June 11, 2024
**_Outcasts unite as a family of sorts in the Lone Star State during the Depression_** After a tragedy, a desperate mother (Sally Field) in rural east Texas takes in a blind boarder (John Malkovich) and enlists the help of a questionable black drifter (Danny Glover) in order to make ends meet, with the possibility of a cotton crop. "Places in the Heart" (1984) belongs to the troubled farmer dramas that flooded the market in 1984. The others include “The River,” “Country” and “The Dollmaker…