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Summary:
Released in the mid-1980s, this farm drama stars Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard as Jewell and Gil Ivy, who run a small farm in Iowa that has been in Jewell's family for several generations; her father Otis (Wilford Brimley) lives with them, along with their three children. While the work is hard and the earnings are slim, the Ivys have been able to get by, like most of their neig... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jessica Lange - (Jewell Ivy)
Sam Shepard - (Gil Ivy)
Wilford Brimley - (Otis)
Matt Clark - (Tom McMullen)
Therese Graham - (Marlene Ivy)
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Review:
The widespread foreclosure of small family farms during the early '80s forms the backdrop for William D. Wittliff's often affecting, if essentially predictable melodrama, featuring exceptional work by Jessica Lange. With Ronald Reagan's appointment of former agribusiness executive William Brock as Secretary of Agriculture, the days o... Continue >>
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