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Country is a 1984 American drama film which follows the trials and tribulations of a rural family as they struggle to hold on to their farm during the trying economic times experienced by family farms in 1980s America. The film was written by William D. Wittliff, and stars real-life couple Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard.
Sep 29, 1984 · Country is a film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard as a couple of farmers who face financial and environmental challenges. The film was nominated for four Oscars and received positive reviews from critics and audiences.
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- Drama
- Richard Pearce
- 1984-09-29
Times are hard, and times are now. This isn't a movie about symbolic farmers living in some colorful American past. It is about the farm policies of the Carter and Reagan administrations, and how the movie believes that those policies are resulting in the destruction of family farms.
goya-4 1 April 2001. The best of the farm disaster movies of 1984/85 - which included Country Places Of the Heart, and the River, it features Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard as a husband and wife struggling not only with their livelihood as farmers but also with their marriage. A well acted insight into the farming crisis of the mid 80s.
Country PG Released Sep 29, 1984 1h 49m Drama List 100% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 69% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Jewell (Jessica Lange) and Gil Ivy (Sam Shepard) run a farm in Iowa that has been...
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- Drama
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Dec 9, 2003 · Director : Richard Pearce. Media Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC. Run time : 1 hour and 45 minutes. Release date : December 9, 2003. Actors : Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley, Matt Clark, Theresa Graham. Studio : Walt Disney Video / Mill Creek. ASIN : B00008L3V9.
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