Rambling Rose (film)
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| Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
| Produced by |
Renny Harlin Mario Kassar Edgar J. Scherick |
| Written by | Calder Willingham |
| Starring |
Laura Dern Robert Duvall Diane Ladd Lukas Haas John Heard |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Johnny E. Jensen |
| Editing by | Steven Cohen |
| Studio | Carolco Pictures |
| Distributed by | Seven Arts Pictures (through New Line Cinema) |
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| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.5 million |
| Box office | $6,266,671 |
Rambling Rose is a 1991 American drama film set in Georgia during the Great Depression starring Laura Dern and Robert Duvall in leading roles with Lukas Haas, John Heard and Diane Ladd in supporting roles. Rambling Rose was directed by Martha Coolidge.
Both Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, daughter and mother in real life, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, making them the first ever mother-daughter duo to be nominated for Academy Awards for the same film or even in the same year. Laura Dern, 24 at the time, was among the youngest actresses to be nominated in the leading actress category.
Plot
The film depicts the struggles of Rose (Dern) to stay employed with the Hillyer family and thus avoid the pitfalls of prostitution. As Rose enters the Hillyer family dwelling as a domestic servant, chaos ensues. Rose has a long history of being sexually abused and confuses overt and promiscuous sex with love. She develops a crush on Mr. Hillyer (Duvall) that he resists by citing the example of the Spartans' "thou shalt not pass". Meanwhile, Mrs. Hillyer, who is working on her doctoral dissertation, and is a pronounced feminist, becomes Rose's greatest protector. When Rose turns up sick, it is Mrs. Hillyer who protects her interests as Mr. Hillyer and an unscrupulous physician plot to "fix" Rose's problems for good.
External links
- Rambling Rose at the Internet Movie Database
- Rambling Rose at Rotten Tomatoes
- Rambling Rose at Box Office Mojo
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