| The Bridges of Madison County | |
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 Original movie poster for The Bridges of Madison County. |
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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
| Produced by | Clint Eastwood Kathleen Kennedy |
| Written by | Robert James Waller (novel) Richard LaGravenese |
| Starring | Meryl Streep Clint Eastwood Annie Corley Victor Slezak Jim Haynie |
| Cinematography | Jack King |
| Editing by | Joel Cox |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 2 June 1995 |
| Running time | 135 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22 million (estimated) |
| Gross revenue | $182,016,617 (worldwide) |
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The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 film based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller. It was made by Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions and Warner Bros. It was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with Kathleen Kennedy as co-producer and the screenplay was adapted by Richard LaGravenese. The film stars Eastwood and Meryl Streep. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Meryl Streep).
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Plot
The film is set in the summer of 1965. It tells the story of Francesca (Meryl Streep), a lonely Italian Iowa housewife. While her husband and children are away at the Illinois State Fair, she meets and falls in love with a photographer (Clint Eastwood) who has come to Madison County, Iowa to create a photographic essay for National Geographic on the covered bridges in the area. The four days they spend together are a turning point in her life and she writes of her experience in a diary which is discovered by her children after her death.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood ... Robert Kincaid
- Meryl Streep ... Francesca Johnson
- Annie Corley ... Caroline Johnson
- Victor Slezak ... Michael Johnson
- Jim Haynie ... Richard Johnson
- Sarah Kathryn Schmitt ... Young Carolyn
- Christopher Kroon ... Young Michael
- Phyllis Lyons ... Betty
- Debra Monk ... Madge
- Richard Lage ... Lawyer Peterson
- Michelle Benes ... Lucy Redfield
- Alison Wiegert ... Child #1
- Brandon Bobst ... Child #2
- Pearl Faessler ... Wife
- R.E. 'Stick' Faessler ... Husband
Awards
Won
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards:
- Top Box Office Films
- Blue Ribbon Awards (Japan):
- Best Foreign Language Film
- BMI Film & TV Awards:
- BMI Film Music Award (Lennie Niehaus)
- Kinema Junpo Awards (Japan):
- Best Foreign Language Film Director (Clint Eastwood)
- Mainichi Film Concours (Japan):
- Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated
- Academy Awards:
- Best Actress (Meryl Streep)
- American Society of Cinematographers:
- Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases (Jack N. Green)
- Awards of the Japanese Academy (Japan):
- Best Foreign Film
- César Awards (France):
- Best Foreign Film
- Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Meryl Streep)
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG):
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep)
See also
External links
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Play Misty for Me (1971) • High Plains Drifter (1973) • Breezy (1973) • The Eiger Sanction (1975) • The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) • The Gauntlet (1977) • Bronco Billy (1980) • Firefox (1982) • Honkytonk Man (1982) • Sudden Impact (1983) • Pale Rider (1985) • Heartbreak Ridge (1986) • Bird (1988) • White Hunter Black Heart (1990) • The Rookie (1990) • Unforgiven (1992) • A Perfect World (1993) • The Bridges of Madison County (1995) • Absolute Power (1997) • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) • True Crime (1999) • Space Cowboys (2000) • Blood Work (2002) • Mystic River (2003) • The Blues: Piano Blues (2003) • Million Dollar Baby (2004) • Flags of Our Fathers (2006) • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) • The Changeling (2008) |
