Places In The Heart

It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships.

Corporate Author: TriStar Pictures (Firm), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Field, Sally., Glover, Danny., Donovan, Arlene., Harris, Ed, 1950-, Malkovich, John., Crouse, Lindsay., Madigan, Amy.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2001, c1984.
Subjects:
Summary: It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships.
Item Description: Dates vary: c2001 Layout and design Columbia TrStar Home Entertainment.
Special features: theatrical trailers, interactive menus, production notes, and scene selections.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Format: DVD format.
DVD; Dolby digital mono or stereo; double sided; with full screen and widescreen versions; digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video.
Audience: Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Rated PG.
Production Credits: Camera, Nastor Almendros ; executive producer, Michael Hausman ; producer, Arlene Donovan ; writer and director, Robert Benton.
ISBN: 0767872983
Author Notes:

Sally Margaret Field was born on November 6, 1946 in California. She is an actress and director who has been recognized for her work with two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She began her career on television starring in roles such as The Flying Nun and Gidget. Her career took a turn when she portrayed a woman with multiple personality disorder in the miniseries 'Sybil" for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. Her film career took off in the 1970's when she starred in movies such as "Stay Hungry", "Smokey and the Bandit", and "Hooper". She had continued success in the 1980's when she starred in the film Norma Rae and won an Academy Award for Best Actress.

She continued working in television in the 2000's with a role on the NBC drama ER which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. As a director, Field is known for the television film The Christmas Tree, an episode of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, as well as the feature film Beautiful. In 2014, she was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her memoir In Pieces was released in 2018 and immediately made the bestseller list.

(Bowker Author Biography)