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The Milagro Beanfield War is a 1988 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Redford, based on a novel by John Nichols. The movie features an ensemble cast including Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, Sônia Braga, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, Carlos Riquelme, Daniel Stern, Chick Vennera, and Christopher Walken.
Mar 18, 1988 · A comedy drama fantasy film directed by Robert Redford and starring Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga and others. It tells the story of a water rights war between farmers and developers in a small New Mexico town.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Robert Redford
- 1988-03-18
A movie about a water-rights conflict between farmers and developers in a New Mexico town. Joe Mondragon illegally irrigates his bean field and sparks a small war with the help of activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer Charlie Bloom.
In the tiny town of Milagro, New Mexico, where the local water is a premium resource, shady developer Ladd Devine (Richard Bradford) has conceived a glitzy resort that will ultimately siphon off...
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- Robert Redford
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- Sonia Braga
Robert Redford directs and stars in this 1988 film about a Chicano farmer who defies a land development corporation by growing beans in his field. The review praises the film's fable-like quality and the performances, but criticizes its ambiguous ending and tone.
Mar 9, 2009 · A comedy drama film directed by Robert Redford about impoverished farmers in New Mexico fighting off land-grabbing developers. See cast, crew, photos, videos, awards and more on Turner Classic Movies website.
The Milagro Beanfield War is a novel by American writer John Nichols, published in 1974 by Random House. It is the first book in Nichols's New Mexico Trilogy and is set in the early 1970s in Milagro, New Mexico and its environs, including Chamisaville and Donya Luz.
