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Citizen Ruth (1996) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Dec 13, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 8, 2003
Budget $3,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 42 minutes
Country USA
Studio Miramax
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Citizen Ruth
• The Devil Inside (1996)
• Meet Ruth Stoops
• Precious
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Genre: Comedy, Satire, Political, Society, Gay/Lesbian, Spy, Culture Clash, Prison
Tagline: Life, liberty, money and the pursuit of happiness. She's gotta have it.
Plot: A satirical look at the abortion issue, that takes jabs at both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice proponents. Ruth Stoops, a low-class, unintelligent, unfit mother of four discovers while in jail that she's pregnant again. The judge charges her with endangering the fetus, but tells her in confidence that he'll reduce the charges if she has an abortion. When word of this gets out, it changes Ruth's life dramatically, as she becomes caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Pro-Lifers and fervent Pro-Choicers, each of whom want to use Ruth to get their messages and propaganda across. The proceedings escalate to bizarre proportions -- and in the process Ruth is virtually forgotten about. That is, until Ruth makes a decision about her pregnancy...
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| Cast |
Laura Dern
Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Blue Velvet |
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 | Kurtwood Smith
Dead Poets Society, RoboCop, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
 | Mary Kay Place
Being John Malkovich, Girl, Interrupted, Sweet Home Alabama |
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 | M.C. Gainey
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Sideways, Con Air |
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| Music By |
Rolfe Kent
Sideways, About Schmidt, Wedding Crashers |
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