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A THOUSAND ACRES, director Jocelyn Moorhouse's screen adaptation of Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, finds skeins of KING LEAR-like conflict running through the bedrock of a midwestern family. Jason Robards stars as Larry Cook, a powerful, stoic Iowa farmer who decides to retire and split his 1000 acres of land among his three daughters. His two eldest daughters, Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Ginny (Jessica Lange), live and work on the farm and happily accept the lucrative agreement, while the youngest, Larry's favorite, Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh), has abandoned farming life for a law career in Des Moines and refuses to take part in the deal. Initially, Larry is consumed with rage and shuts out Caroline while Rose and Ginny go about running the farm with their dutiful but greedy husbands. However, as Larry begins to lose touch with his farming life, he loses touch with reality, and his painful descent into madness leaves him bitterly opposed to his daughters' ways of running the farm. Paranoid and disillusioned, he decides to sue Rose and Ginny with Caroline's help in an effort to regain his patriarchal control. The lawsuit divides the family forever, leaving Rose and Ginny to suffer alone while realizing painful memories from their childhood. As Rose and Ginny discover their own individual strengths in the face of adversity, they learn how to survive on their own, without the protection of the farm and the suffocating presence of their father. Moorhouse's film is an epic tale of loss and redemption that highlights strong and earthy performances from Pfeiffer and Lange.Product Identifiers
UPC0717951000330
eBay Product ID (ePID)3283781
Product Key Features
ActorJennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards
RatingR
Movie/TV TitleThousand Acres
DirectorJocelyn Moorhouse
FormatDVD
Release Year2002
GenreDrama
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleJennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards
Film CountryUSA
Release Date20020903
Ratings and reviews
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- 13 Jun, 2025Most favourable review
Great movie. Plays well. TY!...
Great movie. Plays well. TY!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Apr, 2019Most critical review
Woe is us.
A bit of a soap opera collection of woes. Great, great cast, though. Tries to cram too many calamities into this vast dramatic expanse. Starts out as a clear retake on the King Lear plot, then goes astray.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Nov, 2018
made me cry
You can't go wrong with a Jessica Lange movie. She is the best actress of our generation.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Mar, 2022
Read it!
One of the best books I have ever read. had read Smiley's trilogy so picked this up. Highly recommend this for character reading.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 May, 2025
I would have like to view the movie
The DVD could not play the movie. It got stuck in my machineVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Apr, 2021
Loved it!
Dynamite movie with great characters and a good plot from a respected writer.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Sep, 2021
Well worth the price.
Great story, excellent actors, sad ending.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Aug, 2022
A Thousand Acres
Good movie. Great cast. I liked it a lot.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Jul, 2019
Great movie!
Great cast. Very compelling story!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jan, 2020
Really bad movie!
One of the worst films I've ever seen!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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