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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is a 2005 American biographical film written and directed by Jane Anderson. It is based on the book of the same name by Terry Ryan, and stars Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Laura Dern. The film received a limited release on October 14, 2005.
Jun 1, 2007 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: Directed by Jane Anderson. With Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Trevor Morgan. In order to support her ten children, Evelyn Ryan enters a commercial jingle-writing contest.
The Prize Winner Of Defiance, Ohio. Evelyn is the mother of ten kids and married to an alcoholic in Defiance, Ohio - her knack for writing prize-winning advertising jingles keeps their turbulent family financially afloat in this true story. 1,590 IMDb 7.2 1 h 38 min 2005. X-Ray PG-13.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio was based on the best-selling memoir by Terry Ryan, who was the sixth of Evelyn Ryan's ten kids. The true story of one woman's effort to keep her...
Sep 29, 2005 · "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," said to tell a true story, subtitles itself: "How my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less." And she does; in an era when companies gave valuable prizes for jingles and slogans, Evelyn Ryan is the best "contester" in America.
Sep 30, 2005 · Tuff Ryan at 13, 16 & 18 yrs. Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) suffers in her marriage to Kelly (Woody Harrelson), a slovenly alcoholic whose only consistent quality is his utter lack of respect...
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Apr 1, 2001 · In a small Ohio town in the 50’s and 60’s, an intelligent and hardworking woman who stayed at home to care for 10 children and an alcoholic husband, getting food from kind relatives, seemed to be a lost case.
Evelyn, a stay-at-home wife and mother, deals with this abuse by appealing to her priest, who is no help at all. She deals with their poverty by entering the jingle contests that were the rage in the 50's and early 60's, even sending in multiple entries in the names of the children.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio was based on the best-selling memoir by Terry Ryan, who was the sixth of Evelyn Ryan's ten kids. The true story of one woman's effort to...
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. DRAMA. Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) was a woman of intelligence, talent, and pluck living in the small town of Defiance, OH, in the 1950s.
