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  1. Acres and Acres: Directed by Niall Johnson. With Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox, Elaine Cassidy, William Stagg. A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.

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    • Studioat
    • Not Rated
    • Niall Johnson
  2. Sep 19, 1997 · The movie is set on the 1,000-acre Cook farm in Iowa, where the weathered and wise old patriarch Larry (Jason Robards) is the most powerful farmer for miles around. Then he announces he has decided to retire, and to divide his farm into three parts, giving shares to each of his daughters.

  3. This film is based on the real-life Singe's best-selling book, and takes a non-linear approach: we dart back and forth between life after Kate, the two of them as lovelorn teens, and their lives as young newlyweds coping with their son's cancer.

  4. A Thousand Acres is a 1997 American drama film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Robards. It is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Jane Smiley, which itself is a reworking of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The character of Larry Cook ...

  5. 24% Tomatometer 51 Reviews 42% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings A patriarch (Jason Robards) deeds his farm to two (Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange) of his three daughters in a modern "King Lear"...

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    • Jocelyn Moorhouse
    • R
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
  6. Mar 28, 2019 · Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. No All Critics reviews for Acres and Acres. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies &...

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  8. As in David Lynch's vision of America, A Thousand Acres shows that green fields and crisply-painted houses can hide a festering horror. A Thousand Acres has a choppy feel, almost certainly the result of the book-to-screen transition, and the pre-epilogue ending happens with surprising suddenness.

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