A Thousand Acres [VHS] [1998]

VHS ~ Michelle Pfeiffer

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Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards, Colin Firth
Directors: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Writers: Jane Smiley, Laura Jones
Producers: Armyan Bernstein, Diana Pokorny, Kate Guinzburg, Lynn Arost, Marc Abraham
Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Language German
Classification: 15
Studio: 4 Front Video
VHS Release Date: 5 Feb 2001
Run Time: 101 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B00004R745
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,638 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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A man who tries to divide his land between his three children ultimately sows the seeds of division. Whilst the youngest sister embarks on a successful career her older siblings attempt to forget their abused childhood.

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4.0 out of 5 stars If you enjoyed "Crimes of the Heart", read on, 20 Nov 2000

By	cre8ion@hotmail.com (London) - See all my reviews

3 daughters, 1000 acres and their well-respected but tyrannical father. Larry Cook (Jason Robards) plays the bad-tempered, proud and recently retired father whom other farmers consult in regards to decisions about their farm. The discord begins when Larry publicly announces his decision to divide the 1000acres into 3 equal shares, Virginia/Ginny (Jessica Lange), Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). This gift is wavered by the youngest, Caroline, in order to think carefully into this and Larry's pride is injured. Father and daughter becomes estranged and Larry divides the farm into 2 portions but with time feels that Ginny and Rose and their families have forgotten about him and are preoccupied with having their own fun - due in part to the return of the prodigal son of a neighbour, Jess (Colin Firth) whom the girls haven't seen for a long time. Larry begins drink-driving and Ginny confiscates the keys to his truck for his own safety. This leads to the confrontation of accusations and threats between father and both daughters, which opens up honest admissions between Rose and Ginny about the lives of the Cook family. Ties and loyalties jump as Larry and Caroline take out a court order against her sisters over the management of the farm. The people in Pike feel Ginny and Rose have treated their father in an unacceptable manner. Ty (Keith Carradine) , Ginny's husband, takes Caroline's side and sisters are pitted against each other, as is father against daughters. The story is part-narrated by Ginny, the oldest. Loyal and optimistic. Being "oblivious" is how she copes with life but she is the anchor that holds the entire family together. Ty is equally nice as her husband who thinks and acts for the best of the farm. Rose is the middle sister, cynical, full of anger and hate. Says exactly what she thinks and will always fight for retribution. That's her way of coping. Peter (Kevin Anderson) plays her tough-outwardly-but-soft-inside husband. Caroline, the youngest, cannnot understand her sisters' judgement of their father, but then, she escaped their dark past. It 's not in the "kleenex" category, but still captivating in it's portrayal of the living expectations of a closely-knit community as well as looking at human misgivings. A good ensemble, and one of the rare movies where the leading women get to team up with younger men :) It's a definite in my personal collection. Sounding line from the movie: "This is what we have to offer, the same life, nothing more, nothing less."

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