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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
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 5762
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: 112
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD06976D
ISBN: 0767872983
UPC: 043396069763
EAN: 9780767872980
ASIN: B00005NRN8
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1984
Release Date: October 9, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
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
 Witness of Grief and Hope. December 29, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
It is not easy to initiate a history from the side opposed to the hope, but this film exhibits of perfect way the fact that sometimes the defeat is necessary, in order to return to the life from ashes and to fortify the spirit.
It is a clear example of a structured good history, which is divided clearly in stages that we could call "Grief and Hope", since from a principle everything seems dark for the protagonist. But thanks to their tenacity, it can leave ahead and improve a past that could project to the future.
The good presentation of this audio-visual work to a great extent must to Sally Field and John Malkovich, that they take in its shoulders the thickness of history.
Is totally recommendable allowing itself the privilege to see this movie. Only it has small errors in the script, but without getting to damage the narration.
OF LOSS, LOVE AND HOPE November 3, 2003
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Few movies hit you so unabashedly in the heart with a melodramatic wallop as Bentons Places in the Heart, yet manage to avoid feeling cheap. A deeply touching slice of the depression era, worthy of all the Oscars it bagged (screenplay, best actress for Fields) plus several nominations. Sally Field weilds absolute acting prowess as Edna Spaulding, a wife and mother of two kids who becomes widowed after a drunk accidentally shoots her husband. So she decides to make some money by planting cotton. She takes in a very friendly black man (wonderfully played by Danny Glover) who helps her get and plant the cotton, and a smart blind man (played by John Malkovich in an Oscar-nominated performance) who's a paying boarder. These three adults and the two children form a little family together, and this is the part of "Places in the Heart" that works best. Other characters add to the story. Lindsey Crouse was also Oscar-nominated for her portrayl of Field's sister who comes to help out after tragedy strikes early on. Ed Harris plays Crouse's husband who's having an affair with another woman, which makes for a somewhat inessential subplot. But that's a minor grouse. Apart from the top-notch performances, the film's stunning finale is an unforgettable cinematic statement about hope. Had everyone in the room jerking a tear. On DVD the film doesn't really look like an old movie (1984) if that bothers you. A highly recommended gem for any collection!
I WISH THERE WERE A SEQUEL! July 17, 2003
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This movie is great! I used it for a college paper on prejudice and the hardships of life. You can really feel what these people are going through. I wish there were a sequel about 10 years later, where Moses comes back with a family and buys a piece of Edna's land. I wish he could really overcome being black during a miserable time in history. I wish Will and Edna would fall in love and help complete the missing part of each other's lives. Possum would be a teen, with high hopes and great dreams. Frank would be a strong, honest man that is a representation of the type of person it takes to change an entire country's idea about prejudice. They would become happy once again. I want their lives to finally be worth something. I WANT MORE OF THEIR STORY!
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