A Thousand Acres (1997)

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R | 1 hr 41 mins | Drama, Adaptation | Released: 9/19/1997 |Box Office Total: $7.9M

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Synopsis:

Set on an Iowa farm in 1979, a dictatorial father decides to distribute his 1000 acre farm among his three daughters, which unearths family secrets both catastrophic and liberating.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/19/1997

Studio	Credit
Touchstone Films	Studio
Director	Credit
Jocelyn Moorhouse	Director
Cast	Credit
Michelle Pfeiffer	Rose Cook Lewis
Thomas Brunelle
William Calvert
Jessica Lange	Ginny Cook Smith
Jason Robards	Larry Cook
Leigh French
Brian Herskowitz
Jennifer Jason Leigh	Caroline Cook
Colin Firth	Jess Clark
Christie Mellor
Keith Carradine	Ty Smith
Julie Payne
Kevin Anderson	Peter Lewis
Gail Thomas
Pat Hingle	Harold Clark
John Carroll Lynch	Ken LaSalle
Anne Pitoniak	Mary Livingstone
Vyto Ruginis	Charles Carter
Michelle Williams	Pammy
Elizabeth Moss	Linda
Ray Toler	Marv Carson
Kenneth Tigar	Doctor
Steve Key	Loren Clark
Dan Conway	Henry Dodge
Stan Cahill	Frank
Ray Baker	Wallace Crockett
Beth Grant	Roberta
Andrea Nittoli	Waitress
Production Credits	Credit
Marc Abraham	Producer
Diana Pokorny	Co-Producer
Armyan Bernstein	Executive Producer
Thomas Bliss	Executive Producer
Lynn Arost	Producer
Joni Sighvatsson	Producer
Steve Golin	Producer
Kate Guinzburg	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Prairie Films	Production Company
Propaganda Films Europe	Production Company
Beacon Pictures	Production Company
Via Rosa Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Cecchi Gori Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Touchstone Pictures Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Gaga Entertainment	Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Golden Harvest Films Ltd	Theatrical Distributor
Panasia	Theatrical Distributor
Ascot Elite Films	Theatrical Distributor
Top Tape Audio & Video	Theatrical Distributor
Gussi Artecinema	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Writer	Credit
Jane Smiley	Novel as Source Material
Laura Jones	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Jalee Marie Simaan	Post-Production Accountant
Whitney J Willard	Production Auditor - assistant auditor
Ellen Hofstadter-Shapiro	Accountant - accounting supervisor
Gwen Everman	Production Accountant
Jonise Misiewicz	Accountant - payroll accountant
Brian Pope	Accountant - accounting clerk
Elizabeth A Bergman	Accountant - accounting clerk
Mark D Houston	Accountant - accounting clerk
Art Department	Credit
Jonathan Bobbitt	Lead Person - leadperson
James F Truesdale	Art Director
Daniel R Davis	Production Designer
Meg Everist	Art Department - Rochelle Buyer
Andrea Mae Fenton	Set Decorator
George R Lee	Set Designer
Susan Zeh	Art Department Coordinator
Gary Thomas	Storyboard Artist
Glen Roberts	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Rick Glenn	Set Dresser - Los Angeles set dresser
Andrew Menzies	Set Designer
Catherine Burns	Set Decorator - decorator painter
Jennifer LaGura	Set Dresser - Los Angeles set dresser
Gregory N Rocco	Set Dresser - Los Angeles set dresser
Chandler Vinar	Set Dresser - Los Angeles set dresser
Troy Borisy	Set Dresser - Rochelle set dresser
Michael F Collar	Set Dresser - Rochelle set dresser
Michael V Nichols	Set Dresser - Rochelle set dresser
Casting	Credit
Tracy Kaplan	Location Casting - Chicago casting
Elizabeth Marx	Casting Associate
Leigh French	Voice Casting
Nancy Klopper	Casting
Franklyn Warren	Extras Casting - Los Angeles extras casting
Mark Ridge	Extras Casting - Rochelle extras casting
Craft Services	Credit
Will R Gatlin	Craft Service - craft services
Film Camera	Credit
Yusef G Edmonds	Camera - Los Angeles camera loader
Blair Forward	Video Assist/Playback - Los Angeles video assist
S Beth Horton	Assistant Camera Operator - Rochelle 2nd assistant camera
Tak Fujimoto	Director of Photography
Ron Batzdorff	Photography - still photographer
Robert Putynkowski	Color Timer
Baird Steptoe	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 1st assistant
P Scott Sakamoto	Camera Operator - "A" camera operator
Art Schwab	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Timothy O'Toole	Video Assist/Playback - Rochelle video assist
Dave Viden	Color Timer
David John Golia	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Brent Lon Hershman	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 2nd assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Polygram Films International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Richard Hartley	Music Conductor
Richard Hartley	Music - music orchestrator
David Sabee	Music Contractor - orchestra contractor
SeattleMusic	Music Performer
John Finklea	Music Editor
Ron Keel	Song
Ron Keel	Song Performer
Hal Michael Monti	Song - songs
Richard Hartley	Music
William Topley	Song Performer
Arthur Kempel	Music - music orchestrator
Ralph Borchert	Song - songs
God's Children	Song Performer
Pastiche	Song Performer
Sienna Finklea	Music - assistant music editor
William Topley	Song
Peter Ajemian	Song
Greg Buttars	Music - music preparation
Leslie Buttars	Music - music preparation
Bruce Wojick	Song
Guy Charbonneau	Music - music audio recording facilities
Spike Mothers Milk	Song
Brad Nelson	Song
The Ramblers	Song
Nic TenBroek	Song
Jenny Meltzer	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Rick LeFevour	Stunt Coordinator
James Fierro	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Leslie Park	Script Supervisor
Elizabeth Schulze	Assistant Production Coordinator
Linda Shamest Rosman	Post-Production Supervisor
Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda	Unit Production Manager
Matthew Woody	Assistant Location Manager - Los Angeles assistant location manager
Foongy Lee	DGA Trainee
Betsy Magruder	Assistant Director
Kristi Frankenheimer-Davis	Location Manager - Los Angeles location manager
Joel Hatch	Production Supervisor
Kelly Barr	Production Coordinator
Michele Boissiere	Assistant Production Coordinator
Molly M. Mayeux	Assistant Director
James R McAllister	Assistant Location Manager - Rochelle assistant location manager
Nicole Libresco	Production Supervisor
Bob Hudgins	Location Manager - Rochelle location manager
Anne Healy	Assistant Location Manager - Rochelle assistant location manager
Lisa Joi Bloch	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Rachel Aberly	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Brian Ruberg	ADR - ADR/foley mixer
Meg Taylor	Assistant Sound Editor
Gabriel Cubos	Boom Operator
G W Brown	ADR Editor
Weldon Brown	Foley Mixer
Sound Dogs Inc	Sound - sound editorial
Richard Lightstone	Sound Mixer
Robert Grieve	Sound Editor
Alyson Moore	Foley Artist
David E Fluhr	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Yann Delpuech	Sound Effects Editor
Ryan Eldred	Foley Editor
Rob Nokes	Assistant Sound Editor
Patsy Nedd-Doski	Foley Artist
Adam Jenkins	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Gregory King	Sound Editor
Jacquie Perryman	Sound - vice president PolyGram soundtracks
Dan Yale	Foley Editor
Nancy Parker	Foley Artist
Kim Drummond	Assistant Sound Editor
Don Digirolamo	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Kira Edmunds	Assistant Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Martin Becker