Frances [dvd] / EMI Films presents a Brooksfilms production ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; written by Eric Bergren, Christopher DeVore, Nicholas Kazan ; directed by Graeme Clifford.
Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley. Special features: Audio commentary with director Graeme Clifford; "A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances" featurette; theatrical trailer. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. Title from container.
Summary:
Depicts Frances Farmer, the notorious 1930s movie star whose impassioned opinions and outspoken behavior created scandal throughout the industry. But when she was betrayed by the studio system and committed to a mental asylum by her domineering mother, Frances descended into a madness that shocked the world--Container.
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