Frances
1982
This is the true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood, and her later downfall and ill health which were the result of blacklisting. An inspirational account of the life and career of a woman of courage. Read more
| Starring | Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley, Kevin Costner |
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| Director | Graeme Clifford |
| Genres | Drama |
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Frances
This is the true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood, and her later downfall and ill health which were the result of blacklisting. An inspirational account of the life and career of a woman of courage.
| Starring | Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley, Kevin Costner |
|---|---|
| Director | Graeme Clifford |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 09 Aug 2004 Production year: 1982 |
| Format | DVD |
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Jessica Lange is mesmerising in this uneven biopic of the spirited, politically outspoken 1930s actress Frances Farmer, who fell from grace in Hollywood and ended up institutionalised in an asylum where she later underwent a lobotomy. Although the film only touches on the problems in Hollywood which Frances faced, instead of focusing on her hospitalisations, this is an often riveting drama which benefits from a superb central performance from Lange (who at times looks eerily like Farmer), and solid support from Sam Shepard (as Farmer's love) and Kim Stanley as her fame-hungry mother.
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The sad life of '30s and '40s actress Frances Farmer is surely the stuff of melodrama: the story of an intelligent,... read more on Time Out
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Harrowing account of film star life destroyed by Hollywood
this film tells the 'true life' (more on that later) story of Hollywood film actress Francis Farmer. As a talented free thinking young woman and a bit of a rebel (branded a blasphemer and communist sympathiser) Farmer did not fit into the typical Hollywood mould. As such her life was destroyed by those around her resulting in eventual incarceration in a mental institution. It is a powerful,sad and harrowing film in which Jessica Lange does a great job in the role of Farmer. However having read a biography of Francis Farmer previously I was dissapointed by the fact that the ending was (in true Hollywood style)a dramatic fictionalised account of what really happened to her. For those who don't want to know stop reading now!!-
in the film she is eventually given a lobotomy. According to the biography this never happened. However still well worth watching. -
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