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The Resource A thousand acres, Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Propaganda Films and Beacon Pictures a Via Rosa/Prairie Films production ; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ; producers, Marc Abraham, Steve Golin, Lynn Arost, Kate Guinzburg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; director, Jocelyn Moorhouse, (DVD)

A thousand acres, Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Propaganda Films and Beacon Pictures a Via Rosa/Prairie Films production ; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ; producers, Marc Abraham, Steve Golin, Lynn Arost, Kate Guinzburg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; director, Jocelyn Moorhouse, (DVD)

Label
A thousand acres
Title
A thousand acres
Statement of responsibility
Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Propaganda Films and Beacon Pictures a Via Rosa/Prairie Films production ; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ; producers, Marc Abraham, Steve Golin, Lynn Arost, Kate Guinzburg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; director, Jocelyn Moorhouse
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Screenwriter
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Follows the saga of the Cook family. Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1,000 acres, but the seeds of its destruction are sown when the patriarch, Larry Cook, impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters, Ginny, Rose, and Caroline
Cataloging source
VA@
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Executive producers, Armyan Bernstein, Thomas A. Bliss
Intended audience
Rated R
Language note
English dialogue; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jason Robards, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1960-
  • 1951-
  • 1957-
  • 1962-
  • 1949-
  • 1960-
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  • Moorhouse, Jocelyn
  • Jones, Laura
  • Pfeiffer, Michelle
  • Lange, Jessica
  • Leigh, Jennifer Jason
  • Robards, Jason
  • Carradine, Keith
  • Anderson, Kevin
  • Hingle, Pat
  • Smiley, Jane
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Propaganda Films (Firm)
  • Beacon Pictures
  • Via Rosa Films
  • Prairie Films
  • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm)
  • Touchstone Home Video (Firm)
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
106
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  • Film adaptations
  • Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
A thousand acres, Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Propaganda Films and Beacon Pictures a Via Rosa/Prairie Films production ; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ; producers, Marc Abraham, Steve Golin, Lynn Arost, Kate Guinzburg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; director, Jocelyn Moorhouse, (DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 1997 motion picture
  • Based on the novel by Jane Smiley
  • Special feature: Theatrical trailer
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Control code
ocm40592823
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Extent
1 videodisc (106 min.)
Isbn
9781558908338
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
14252
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(Sirsi) ACW-1517
System details
DVD
Video recording format
laserdisc
Label
A thousand acres, Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Propaganda Films and Beacon Pictures a Via Rosa/Prairie Films production ; PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ; producers, Marc Abraham, Steve Golin, Lynn Arost, Kate Guinzburg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; director, Jocelyn Moorhouse, (DVD)
Publication
Note
  • Videodisc release of the 1997 motion picture
  • Based on the novel by Jane Smiley
  • Special feature: Theatrical trailer
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Control code
ocm40592823
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Extent
1 videodisc (106 min.)
Isbn
9781558908338
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
14252
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(Sirsi) ACW-1517
System details
DVD
Video recording format
laserdisc

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