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| Places in the Heart | 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Benton
Actors: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 2681
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D06976D
ISBN: 0767872983
UPC: 043396069763
EAN: 9780767872980
ASIN: B00005NRN8
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1984
Release Date: October 9, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Factory Sealed
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I know this sounds corny but the movie really did win a special place in my heart May 13, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
PLACES IN THE HEART is an excellent movie that takes place in 1930's rural Texas. The movie starts sadly with the tragic death of a sheriff who is also a husband and father. Sally Fields is his widow, Edna, who is left to deal with an almost Biblical plague of difficulties and setbacks. Fields' acting is great as she transforms from a woman who did not even know her husband's salary to one who can negotiate a deal with an unscrupulous cotton gin owner. Danny Glover shows his acting skills as Mose a homeless drifter who miraculously comes to help her save her farm. And John Malkovich is amazing as the bitter blind man Mr. Will. The subplot about Edna's beauty shop owning sister and her unfaithful husband was not as compelling and did not quite seem to belong in the same movie.
The famous ending at the church during a communion service is very powerful no matter what the viewer's spiritual beliefs and leaves many in tears or with goosebumps.
One of the best American films of the eighties April 4, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
With storytelling of Dickensian authority, brilliant casting matched with excellent performances including the work of the two children, this film remains a very strong candidate as one of the best American movies of the 1980's. The central story follows the story of two sisters in parallel - one loses her husband through an accident in the line of duty, the other (nearly) loses her husband through his infidelity. The widow overcomes her loss through faith in her ability to prevail, through ignoring the question of race - her husband was shot dead by a young black boy - and through love. Her sister forgives her unfaithful husband. The film does not ignore the cancer of racism in a country that professes to be "the land of the free", nor does it ignore the struggle those of the land face with the forces of nature - and banks. It is all of a whole and adds up to more than the sum of its parts. Brilliant but not flashy. It seems as real as the land it depicts.
Has a place in my heart! March 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful movie. As always, Sally Fields is just great in it.
It is a "Kleenex- Box" movie, so have a few handy, but has a wonderful ending.
FABULOUS January 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite movies, it is a great story and one you can
watch with the whole family. A classic in my book.
I love this movie. November 6, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Thank you for being so prompt sending this movie. I have a tour company
and we had a trip out west for 12 days. I showed this movie on the motor
coach which was appropriate for the old west review. Everybody loved
it.
Southern Comfort Tours
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