A Thousand Acres
“Best friends. Bitter rivals. Sisters.”
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.
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Cast
22 people
Michelle Pfeiffer
Rose Cook Lewis
Known for
Scarface
Dark Shadows
Jessica Lange
Ginny Cook Smith
Known for
Big Fish
Cape Fear
Jason Robards
Larry Cook
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
Philadelphia
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Caroline Cook
Known for
The Hateful Eight
Annihilation
Colin Firth
Jess Clark
Known for
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The King's Speech
Keith Carradine
Ty Smith
Known for
Fear the Walking Dead
Dexter
Kevin Anderson
Peter Lewis
Known for
Sleeping with the Enemy
Rising Sun
Pat Hingle
Harold Clark
Known for
Batman
Maximum Overdrive
John Carroll Lynch
Ken LaSalle
Known for
The Founder
Shutter Island
Anne Pitoniak
Mary Livingstone
Known for
Agnes of God
Best Seller
Vyto Ruginis
Charles Carter
Known for
The Fast and the Furious
The Devil's Advocate
Michelle Williams
Pammy
Known for
Venom
Shutter Island
Jocelyn Moorhouse Director · Laura Jones Screenplay Jane Smiley Author
Worldwide gross $7.9M · Budget $28M · United States release September 19, 1997
Box office
Budget
$28,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,936,780
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
Propaganda Films
Production
Beacon Communications
Production
Via Rosa Productions
Production
Prairie Films
Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production
Universal Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 19, 1997
Theatrical
Czechia
September 17, 1998 · Theatrical
France
May 13, 1998 · Theatrical
May 23, 2006 · Physical · DVD
July 28, 2014 · Digital · VOD
June 13, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Italy
May 7, 1999 · Theatrical
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