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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.
- $10 million
- Charles Gross
- September 28, 1984
- William D. Wittliff, Jessica Lange
Sep 29, 1984 · With Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley, Matt Clark. Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife decides to fight for her family.
- Richard Pearce
- 16
- 2 min
Country. Roger Ebert January 01, 1984. Tweet. May contain spoilers. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The opening moments of "Country" show a woman frying hamburgers and wrapping them up and sending them out to her men, working in the fields.
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.
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Jewell (Jessica Lange) and Gil Ivy (Sam Shepard) run a farm in Iowa that has been in the family for generations. The Ivy's make enough to get by until two devastating events threaten to take their...
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. On a scale of one to ten.. 8.
