Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan, a midwestern housewife who managed to rescue her family from debt by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies.
Notes: Based on the novel “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less” published by Simon & Schuster; April 9, 2002.
Begin shoot date: summer 07/19/2004
Genres: Adaptation, Biopic, Drama
US Distributors: Dreamworks
Cast:
Julianne Moore – Evelyn Ryan
Woody Harrelson
Trevor Morgan – Bruce
Laura Dern
Ellary Porterfield
Credits:
Director: Jane Anderson
Writer:
Jane Anderson – Screenplay
Terry Ryan – Source Material (from novel “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less”)
