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Actors: Sally Field, Ed Harris, Danny Glover
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Places In The Heart |
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Of the three "mortgage on the farm" films of 1984 (Country and The River were the other two), Places in the Heart is the only one set during the Depression. After her husband is killed, Sally Field is forced to take over the debt-ridden Texas family farm herself. Though slightly embittered by the fact that a black man was responsible for her husband's death, Field accepts the help of another African-American, Danny Glover. She is also given aid and comfort by her blind boarder, John Malkovich. Despite almost insurmountable odds, Field manages to bring in the cotton crop and to hold her farm and family together.
--Tanya McKnight, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Places In The Heart |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- pioneering in countryside
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
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