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The Stars Fell on Henrietta is a 1995 American drama film from Warner Bros., directed by James Keach and produced by Clint Eastwood. The film is based on a short story written by Winifred Sanford titled "Luck". [1] The script for the film was penned by Philip Railsback, who is Sanford's grandson. [1]
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The Stars Fell on Henrietta: Directed by James Keach. With Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Frances Fisher, Brian Dennehy. A story of desperate search for oil.
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- James Keach
- 1995-09-15
Sep 22, 1995 · 4 min read. “The Stars Fell on Henrietta” takes place in Texas during the depths of the Depression. An oil wildcatter named Mr. Cox has dug himself into a deep, dry hole. Broke and alone, except for his faithful cat Matilda, he has no assets except for a tattered suit and an incurable optimism.
Downon-his-luck wildcatter Mr. Cox (Duvall) searches for oil and redemption. He's looking for it on the failing farm of couple Don and Cora Day (Quinn and Fisher) in the middle of the 1930s Texas dustbowl with the reluctant backing of more successful oil man (Dennehy).
During a windstorm, Cox takes refuge in a small Texas farmhouse owned by Don Day (Aidan Quinn), who is struggling to provide for his wife, Cora (Frances Fisher), and their three young daughters.
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Sep 15, 1995 · Overview. The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land.