A thousand acres / Touchstone Pictures in association with Propaganda Films and Beacon Pictures ; a Via Rosa/Prairie Films production ; produced by Marc Abraham [and others] ; screenplay by Laura Jones ; directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle, Jason Robards. Based on the novel by Jane Smiley. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. Special feature: original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Follows the saga of the Cook family. Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1,000 acres, but the seeds of its destruction are sown when the patriarch, Larry Cook, impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters, Ginny, Rose, and Caroline.
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