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Author:

Prize winner of Defiance, Ohio (Motion picture)

Title:

The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio [videorecording] / Dreamworks Pictures and Revolution Studios present an Imagemovers production ; produced by Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis ; written for the screen and directed by Jane Anderson.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed by Universal Pictures,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

1 videodisc (1 hr., 39 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Ryan, Evelyn--Drama.
Housewives--Defiance--Defiance--Drama.
Contests--United States--Drama.
Families--Defiance--Defiance--Drama.
Amas de casa--Defiance--Defiance--Teatro.
Competencias--Estados Unidos--Teatro.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Biographical--Feature.
Women--Feature.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Moore, Julianne.
Anderson, Jane, 1954-
Harrelson, Woody.
Dern, Laura.
Morgan, Trevor, 1986-
Porterfield, Ellary.
Freeman, Jonathan.
Frizzell, John, 1966-
Ryan, Terry, 1946-2007.
Dreamworks Pictures.
Universal Pictures (Firm)

Notes:

Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Trevor Morgan, Ellary Porterfield, Simon Reynolds. Based on the book "The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio: how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less" by Terry Ryan.

Summary:

Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Offers a revealing study of the housewife's plight during the Eisenhower era, along with an inspiring tale of tenacity and survival against formidable odds. Evelyn is a cheerfully strong-willed mother of ten who compensates for the failings of her alcoholic husband by becoming the most successful "contester" in the country. Between the mid-1950s and the early '60s, Evelyn submitted cleverly worded poems, jingles, and slogans in corporate sponsored contests. Winning everything from palm trees and pogo-sticks to sports cars and cash, she somehow mangages to hold the financially desperate family together with happy smiles and a rock-solid defiance.

ISBN:

9781417030859
1417030852

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62709432

UPC:

678149196429

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