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VHS : Places in the Heart |
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767837163
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0767837169
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: October 09, 2001
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 15891
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1984
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I have watched Places In the Heart a number of times, and am always moved by it. It is a wonderful example of an extended family working together to survive. A beautiful movie!
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This is an excellent movie. The actors/actresses in it are perfect. The movie stays with you long after it's finished.
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This is one of the BEST movies I have ever seen. A MUST HAVE for any collection.
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This moving film from director Robert Benton brings to life a time and place as few films have ever done. Benton based this on his memories growing up and everything is authentic to the smallest detail. He shows the good and the bad of this area and era in small town Texas. Sally Field deservedly won the Oscar for her natural and poignant performance and Danny Glover is just as memorable.
Waxahachie, Texas, in 1935 when jobs are scarce and justice often left in the hands of men hiding behind sheets is the setting for this tender look at times trying to change before people are ready to. Field is extraordinary as Edna Spaulding, finding she and her two children suddenly alone when her sheriff husband is killed by accident. She has no idea how to support her family and the bank wants her to sale her home and the land around it to pay off her mortgage. She is scared but determined to find a way to stay.
Along comes Moses (Danny Glover) to suggest she use the small amount of land to plant cotton. It will give her enough to save her home and feed her children. But Moses is a black man in a time when a black man is suppose to keep his place. His advice to the innocent Edna prevents others from cheating her and gives her a fighting chance. It also angers those who cannot fathom a black man being smarter than they are.
John Malkovich is terrific also as the blind boarder she takes in, who just happens to be the banker's brother-in-law. The three ... Read More
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I have watched this movie since I was a little girl and always have been enchanted by it. I am proud to own the DVD to it now! Sally Field, yes we do love you!!
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