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Theatrical Release Date:
04/02/1999
DVD Release Date:
11/16/1999
Run Time:
118min.
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Director(s):
Distributor(s):
October
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for the depiction of a violent act, and for sensuality.
Genre(s):
Comedy
Plot: Robert Altman directed this bittersweet ensemble piece about an eccentric and entangled group of family and friends living in the Deep South. Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (Patricia Neal) is the widowed matriarch of a small-town Mississippi family, which ... Read More
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