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Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Barkin, Tina Majorino, Julia Stiles, John Savage

Alcoholic Billy reflects on his country-music career that never happened and beats his wife Glory Marie, also a drunk. Grown-up son Hank has moved away, but teenaged Phoebe and sensitive nine-year-old...( read more  read more... ) Bird have to live in the bleak alcoholic atmosphere. Problems escalate after Billy kills himself. The three females move into a trailer where the girls are subjected to a torrent of abuse from their mom. Fortunately, benign Miss Zora appears like a guardian angel to lift their spirits.

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Directed by: Lloyd Kramer

Release Date: October 26, 1997

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  • DYNOMIKE1982
    May 13, 2008
    DYNOMIKE1982
    HOW CAN I BUY THIS MOVIE I SAW THIS A FEW YEARS AGO AND I WANT TO WATCH IT AGAIN AND BUY IT FOR MY WIFE AND I TO WATCH ANY IDEAS PLEASE HELP DYNOMIKE1982@YAHOO.COM

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  • MESUPERSMEXY
    December 9, 2007
    MESUPERSMEXY
    i thought this movie was really good and i also thought that those girls were really brave to put up with their mother.
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