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A Thousand Acres - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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In keeping with the source material, the characters' names Ginny, Rose and Caroline start with the same letters as those of Lear's daughters...Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
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'Jessica Lange' battled with producers during the editing phase of the film, during which time the film had gone through extensive re-editing. When released, Lange stated that the only thing about the film which worked were the performances.
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Michelle Pfeiffer, who produced the film, wanted Paul Newman to play patriarch Larry Cook, but he turned down the role.
A Thousand Acres - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Based loosely on William Shakespeare's "King Lear".
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According to an article in Premiere Magazine 1997, all extras in the film had to sign an agreement promising not to attempt to approach/speak to actresses Michelle Pfeiffer or Jessica Lange.
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The film took 5 years to be made, despite being based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. When the film was released, it was met with poor reviews and dismal box-office returns.
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Jocelyn Moorhouse reportedly tried to take her name off the picture after her first cut of the film didn't sit well with test audiences.
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A Thousand Acres - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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In 2012, while presenting the Academy Award for Best Actress, Colin Firth made reference (though not by title) to this movie while announcing Michelle Williams' nomination. Firth and Williams both had roles in A Thousand Acres; Williams was sixteen years old at the time (in his introduction, Firth misremembered her age as twelve).
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During the time of production, 'Jessica Lange' was preparing to star in the film version of Colette's novel 'Cheri'. However in the following years, the project stalled and was abandoned for nearly a decade when it was revived by director Stephen Frears who cast Lange's co-star Michelle Pfeiffer in the lead role.
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Michelle Pfeiffer, one of the film's producers, traveled the talk show circuit in order to promote the film; a publicity standard she had avoided since the early 80s.
A Thousand Acres - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts