| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Won | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Sally Field |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Robert Benton | |||
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role John Malkovich | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Lindsay Crouse | |||
| Best Costume Design Ann Roth | |||
| Best Director Robert Benton | |||
| Best Picture Arlene Donovan | |||
Tri-Star Pictures
Directed by Robert Benton
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)
The residents of Waxahachie, Texas, in 1935 have more problems than just the Great Depression to worry about. Racism runs rampant in their small town, and when a young black man accidentally shoots the sheriff, they waste no time in dragging the suspect's lifeless body through town. Sally Field is the sheriff's widow, who is at her wit's end to find a way to pay the mortgage and raise her kids. She hires black hobo Danny Glove to help her farm the land for cotton, even though she doesn't know the slightest thing about farming. Meanwhile, her friends and neighbors have extramarital affairs and join the KKK, her banker tries to take her house and break up her family and the local cotton dealer tries his best to rob her blind. A final scene cuts right to the heart in a succinct, if surreal, way, one of the best endings I've seen in quite some time.
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