Frances
Summary:
As played by Jessica Lange, Frances Farmer is a rebel from the word go, winning a high school essay award by writing a piece in defense of Communism. Determining to become an actress, Frances is equally determined not to play the Hollywood game: she refuses to acquiesce to idiotic publicity stunts, and insists upon appearing on screen sans makeup. Her defiance attracts the a... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jessica Lange - (Frances Farmer)
Kim Stanley - (Lillian Farmer)
Sam Shepard - (Harry York)
Bart Burns - (Ernest Farmer)
Jeffrey DeMunn - (Clifford Odets)
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Review:
Graeme Clifford's exceedingly mediocre film on the tragic life of actress Frances Farmer provided the breakthrough role for Jessica Lange, who gives one of the finest performances of the decade. Whether one accepts the filmmakers' notion that Farmer was a great actress and the tragic victim of a retrograde Hollywood, incapable of handli... Continue >>
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