- Places in the Heart
Infobox Film
name = Places in the Heart
imdb_id = 0087921
director =Robert Benton
editing =Carol Littleton
writer =Robert Benton
starring =Sally Field Lindsay Crouse Danny Glover John Malkovich Ed Harris Amy Madigan
music =John Kander
cinematography =Néstor Almendros
distributor =TriStar Pictures
released =September 21 ,1984
runtime = 112 min.
language = English"Places in the Heart" is a 1984
drama film which tells the story of a Southern widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man and anAfrican-American man. It starsSally Field ,Lindsay Crouse ,Ed Harris ,Amy Madigan ,John Malkovich ,Danny Glover , andTerry O'Quinn .The movie was written and directed by
Robert Benton , and filmed in theDallas, Texas area, more precisely inWaxahachie ,Texas .It won
Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Sally Field) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (John Malkovich), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lindsay Crouse), Best Costume Design, Best Director and Best Picture.In
1985 when Sally Field reached the podium to accept her second Oscar (the first was for "Norma Rae "), she uttered the memorable, much-mocked line, "I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" It is often misremembered as, "You like me, you really like me!"
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