Cross Creek
The portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning.
Overview
In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (1984) and the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Nominations
4 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1984)
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Box office
Made on a $8M budget
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Based on
Based on Cross Creek
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Setting
Set in Florida
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Music
Music by Leonard Rosenman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by John A. Alonzo
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsBook
- Dalene YoungScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 21, 1983
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $8M
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Mary SteenburgenMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Rip TornMarsh Turner
Peter CoyoteNorton Baskin
Dana HillEllie Turner
Alfre WoodardGeechee
Joanna MilesMrs. Turner
Ike EisenmannPaul
Toni HudsonTim's Wife
Cary GuffeyFloyd Turner- Bo RuckerLeroy
Jay O. SandersCharles Rawlings- John HammondTim
- Tommy AlfordPostal Clerk
- Norton BaskinMan in the Rocking Chair
- Terrence GehrStore Keeper
- Keith MichelPreston Turner
- Nora RogersMary Turner
- Kenneth V. VickeryMinister
- C.T. WakefieldSheriff
Malcolm McDowellMax Perkins
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