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Movie Description
Following the death of his mother, a young teenager moves to a small town to live with his father's two maiden cousins. There, he learns all there is to know about life from observing the town's decidedly eccentric inhabitants. Adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel by Truman Capote.
Synopsis
A film adaptation of Truman Capote's autobiographical novel.
After young Collin Fenwick's parents pass away, he goes to live with two of his father's cousins, Dolly and Verena Talbo. Dolly is the sweet one, who manages to earn her living during the Depression by selling a home remedy she helped invent. The sterner Verena, meanwhile, bosses everyone around.
Collin gradually becomes acquainted with the eccentric townspeople, from the gossip-loving barber to a woman with 15 illegitimate kids. But the boy's life only achieves clarity after Dolly teaches him about the "grass harp" -- the ability to hear the voices of deceased loved ones in the whistlings of the wind.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 16.9
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer
Released theatrically in the USA October 11, 1996.
Screened at the 1995 Boston and Toronto Film Festivals.
It's all relative: Co-stars Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek, who play sisters in this film, played mother and daughter in the 1976 film "Carrie". And, director Charles Matthau is the son of actor Walter Matthau.
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have a long history of playing against each other. Their best collaboration is "The Odd Couple."
Released theatrically in the USA October 11, 1996.
A Charles Matthau, Jerry Tokofsky, John Davis production.
Industry Reviews
"...A jewel of a film....An intelligently written, well-acted and beautifully mounted adaptation of a book by a major 20th-century American author..."
Variety - Daniel M. Kimmel (09/11/1995)
"...A beguiling film in every way....THE GRASS HARP celebrates rebirth and renewal but within a tough--minded view of life that never allows it to lapse into a fairy tale..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (10/11/1996)
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