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| Director: | Bruce Beresford | 
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| Writer: | Beth Henley | 
| Staring: | 
| Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 12, 1986 | 
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| Director: | Bruce Beresford | 
| Writer: | Beth Henley | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama | 
| Keywords | sibling relationship, mississippi river, sister, reunion, dysfunctional family, based on play or musical | 
| Production Companies | DEG, Freddie Fields Productions, Burt Sugarman Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $22,905,522 Budget: $20,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Diane Keaton | Lenny Magrath | 
| Jessica Lange | Meg Magrath | 
| Sissy Spacek | Babe Magrath | 
| Sam Shepard | Doc Porter | 
| Tess Harper | Chick Boyle | 
| David Carpenter | Barnette Lloyd | 
| Hurd Hatfield | Old Granddaddy | 
| Beeson Carroll | Zackery Botrelle | 
| Jean Willard | Lucille Botrelle | 
| Tom Mason | Uncle Watson | 
| Gregory Eugene Travis | Willie Jay | 
| Annie McKnight | Annie May Jenkins | 
| Eleanor Eagle | Little Lenny | 
| Jessica Ezzell | Little Meg | 
| Natalie Anderson | Little Babe | 
| Connie Adams | Zackery's Concubine | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Bruce Beresford | Director | 
| Ken Adam | Production Design | 
| Albert Wolsky | Costume Design | 
| Beth Henley | Screenplay, Theatre Play | 
| Ferdinando Giovannoni | Art Direction | 
| Garrett Lewis | Set Decoration | 
| J. Roy Helland | Makeup & Hair | 
| Marlies Vallant | Makeup & Hair Assistant | 
| Kelvin R. Trahan | Makeup & Hair Assistant | 
| Donald Heitzer | Production Manager | 
| Lucio Trentini | Production Supervisor | 
| Richard Luke Rothschild | First Assistant Director | 
| Joel Segal | Second Assistant Director | 
| Dante Spinotti | Director of Photography | 
| Anne Goursaud | Editor | 
| Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer | 
| Susan Bluestein | Casting | 
| Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Alvaro Romagnoli | Gaffer | 
| Enrico Lucidi | Camera Operator | 
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Freddie Fields | Producer | 
| P.K. Fields | Associate Producer | 
| Arlene Rothberg | Co-Producer | 
| Burt Sugarman | Executive Producer | 
| Bill Gerber | Co-Producer | 
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I haven't seen any Bruce Beresford films, except for the magnificent 'Black Robe', and I'm a huge fan of the four main actors, so it was a no-brainer that I would eventually watch this. I enjoyed it greatly, and if you can handle a quieter 80's women's picture, there's much to enjoy here. Definitely ... worth investigating for the cinephile with exquisite taste.