Bastard Out of Carolina

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7.3/10

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Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jena Malone in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?

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A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?

Director
- Anjelica Huston
Writers
- Dorothy Allison
- Anne Meredith
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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

4.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Anjelica Huston
Writers
- Dorothy Allison
- Anne Meredith
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 6 wins & 17 nominations total

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Trivia
Ron Eldard spent a lot of time playing sports with Jena Malone so they would both feel comfortable performing the scenes in which he is physically abusing her. He claimed that in no scene did inappropriate contact with Malone take place, and that for scenes in which he appears to grab her by the throat, he is actually only holding her by his fingertips. Eldard was adamant that the graphic depiction of sexual abuse and rape was a necessity for the film.

Goofs
At 12 minutes and 57 seconds into the film, Dermot Mulroney's character (Lyle Parsons) is driving along a road past a modern looking house with a very modern looking red truck parked in the driveway.

Quotes
Doctor: How'd she break her coccyx?
Anney Boatwright: Her what?
Doctor: Her tailbone, lady! Her ass! What you been hitting' this child with, or maybe you just been throwin' her up against the damn wall!
Anney Boatwright: What are you sayin'? What are you sayin'?
Doctor: [to Bone] Do you wanna talk about it, honey? How 'bout we ask your mama to leave, and then, maybe you can tell me what happened, okay?
Anney Boatwright: Let me have my girl!
Doctor: This child's been beaten! This child's been beaten, and I'm gonna call the authorities!

Connections
Featured in The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997)

Soundtracks
My Lord Keeps a Record
Performed by The Mountain Ramblers

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Featured review

8/10

Unnerving

I saw this on Movie Central one cold, Greg day and I have never been able to forget it. Ron Eldard is completely believable in his performance, and will both captivate and horrify you. All the characters in this movie have such a subtlety to them. Houston's directorial debut enhances the performances of these talented actors. You know there is love, of a kind, between the family members. Yet one of the most compelling aspects to this movie is the flat and joyless undertone to the characters. Anney (Jennifer Jason Leigh) stands out in her family because she is an emotional firecracker - her emotions are almost a separate character from that of Anney Boatwright. Special mention must go to Jena Malone for her sophisticated, passionate portrayal of Anney's young daughter, 'Bone'. Bone carries the weight of her mother's world on her shoulders. This is her first major role to speak of and she carries the movie effortlessly.