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Reviews Counted:7

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Average Rating:7.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: At one time, banks and government agencies encouraged those who owned small farms to borrow funds -- and one family gladly took them up on their offer. But the good times have gone, and the... At one time, banks and government agencies encouraged those who owned small farms to borrow funds -- and one family gladly took them up on their offer. But the good times have gone, and the financially strapped family is about to lose the land that their ancestors have farmed for generations. As their farm (like that of so many of their neighbors) approaches the auction block, the mother tries to hold her family together. [More]

Starring: Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Matt Clark, Wilford Brimley

Starring: Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Matt Clark, Wilford Brimley

Director: Richard Pearce

Director: Richard Pearce

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Lange and Shepard are effective as modern farmers under threat.

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A compelling and important film which presents the anguish, stress and anger of one contemporary farm family faced with foreclosure.

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