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Original title: Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, The
Release Date
• USA: Sep 30, 2005
BoxOffice: $0.4M
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 thematic elements, some disturbing images and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 39 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Revolution Erie Productions Ltd., ImageMovers
Studio DreamWorks Distribution LLC
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• The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
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Genre: Drama
Tagline: The true story of how a mother raised ten kids on twenty-five words or less.
Plot: Julianne Moore returns to FAR FROM HEAVEN territory in THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, which springs from the pages of Terry Ryan's memoir of the same name. Playing 1950s housewife Evelyn Ryan, who struggles to raise 10 kids while dealing with an alcoholic husband, Moore brings director Jane Anderson's film to life with another moving performance to add to her résumé. Evelyn's husband, Kelly (Woody Harrelson), works at the local factory but has sunk the family into financial trouble with his dangerously boozy habits. Struggling with her husband's drinking and the stress of raising so many children, Evelyn tries her luck in some jingle-writing contests. Writing rhyming couplets for companies like Dr. Pepper and Maidenform bras, the beleaguered housewife is surprisingly successful, and manages to tip the family's finances back into good health. Anderson peppers the action with short direct-to-camera monologues from Evelyn, which help to explain the idiosyncrasies of the competitions and also highlight her steely determination to pull her family through the hard times. But Kelly can't accept his wife's position as the major breadwinner of the family, and his violent, alcohol-fueled outbursts put an enormous strain on their relationship. Moore shines throughout the movie,
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Jane Anderson
If These Walls Could Talk 2, Normal, When Billie Beat Bobby |
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| Jane Anderson
It Could Happen to You, How to Make an American Quilt, Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murd |
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