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starring: Joe Don Baker, Bonnie Bartlett, Nell Carter, Adam Crosby, Nora Dunfee
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780608382
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0780608380
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Release Date: July 14, 1998
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 23643
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1996
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Description:
In a small Southern town in the 1930s, two sisters are at odds with one another after one has ensconsed herself in a treehouse.
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Rating:  - The Grass Harp
If you like movies like "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "Crimes of the Heart", or "Practical Magic" then you'll love this Southern tale. The story is told through the eyes of a young boy recently orphaned by his mother and a seemingly uncaring, grieving father. Sent to live with a mis-matched pair of spinster Aunts, the boy learns that love is not always what it seems and can be found in the most unlikely characters.
Rating: - The Grass Harp
Excellent movie...well written, directed and acted. Superior cast and of course its' Truman Capote at his best!
Rating: - Lovely performances and interesting casting
I adore this movie. I saw it quite awhile ago, so I can't give many specifics, but you can read the other reviews for commentary on the performances. An ensemble cast rather than a real star turn for anyone, with the exception of Piper Laurie. Laurie is always wonderful in her varied roles, and this is a very sweet and graceful conception of a child-like character. She never plays it for laughs, and the portrayal does not indicate that childlike here is equivalent to childish or emotionally disturbed. ... Read More
Rating: - Nice Story
"The Grass Harp" (1995) will remind a lot of viewers of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Not a huge surprise given that both stories involve Truman Capote's childhood (Harper Lee based the Dill Harris character on Capote). Both films also use small Alabama towns for their locations.
Capote loosely based his 1951 "The Glass Harp" novella on the eccentric maiden cousins of his childhood. For the film Piper Laurie plays good Aunt Dolly and Sissy Spacek bad Aunt Verena (who is even less likable than Pollyanna's ... Read More
Rating: - the grass harp, excellent!
I loved this film adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novel. Even if you haven't read the book, the movie stands on its own and conveys the wit, humor and depth of the characters as intended by the author.
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