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5.8/10   181 votes
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Director:
Martha Coolidge
Writers (WGA):
Larry Baker (novel)
Richard Russo (teleplay)
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Release Date:
4 February 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
For the Lee family, life isn't like the movies. It's much, much bigger.
Plot:
When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Disappointing more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

William Hurt ... Turner Knight

Elizabeth McGovern ... Edna Lee

Brian Benben ... Hubert T. Lee

Angela Bettis ... Alice King
Erin Broderick ... Grace Knight
Olivia Oguma ... Louise Janine Lee

Joe Torry ... Pete Moss

Christopher Larkin ... Abraham Jacob Lee
John Gallagher Jr. ... Gary

Lorie Baker ... Polly
Kurt Smildsin ... Fireworks Driver

Dwayne Holden ... West's Son
Elizabeth Dimon ... Nun
Peggy Sheffield ... Mother Superior
Randall Franks ... Officer Randy Kraft
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Israel:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Norway:7

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Features The Graduate (1967) more

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Disappointing, 4 July 2001
Author: glipthorpe from England

Having read the novel that the film was based on, I found the film a very superficial and watered down version of the story. As with all 'first person' narratives the inner voice of the book is lost, thus taking away a lot of the passion and intensity of the original. The importance of the role of Alice is lost and the loss of the sexual aspect of the story dilutes the tension and southern steaminess.

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