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An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.
Language
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue $74,188,937
English
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue $74,188,937
Keywords
suicide
funeral
southern usa
drug addiction
oklahoma
based on play or musical
family secrets
dysfunctional family
cancer
suicide of father
midwest
alcoholic father
protective father
mental disorders
family home
bad mother
sisterhood
abusive mother
sick mother
mother daughter relationship
brother sister relationship
pills
pill-addicted
toxic family
Casts

Meryl Streep
Violet Weston

Julia Roberts
Barbara Weston

Julianne Nicholson
Ivy Weston

Juliette Lewis
Karen Weston

Ewan McGregor
Bill Fordham

Margo Martindale
Mattie Fae Aiken

Abigail Breslin
Jean Fordham

Chris Cooper
Charlie Aiken

Dermot Mulroney
Steve Huberbrecht

Benedict Cumberbatch
Little Charles Aiken

Misty Upham
Johnna Monevata

Sam Shepard
Beverly Weston

Will Coffey
Sheriff Deon Gilbeau

Newell Alexander
Dr. Burke

Jerry Stahl
Liquor Store Owner

Dale Dye
Radio Announcer

Ivan Allen
Radio Announcer
Arlin Miller
Baseball Announcer

J. Alan Davidson
Young Soldier (uncredited)

Michael Graham
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Maria Gus
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Leland Prater
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Crews

John Wells
Director
Jean Doumanian
Producer

Tracy Letts
Screenplay

George Clooney
Producer
Cindy Evans
Costume Design

Stephen Mirrione
Editor

Grant Heslov
Producer

Gustavo Santaolalla
Original Music Composer
Steve Traxler
Producer

Nancy Haigh
Set Decoration
David Gropman
Production Design
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
Kerry Barden
Casting

Celia D. Costas
Executive Producer
Arny Granat
Executive Producer
Claire Rudnick Polstein
Executive Producer
Paul Schnee
Casting
Ben Famigliett
Executive Producer
Jerry Frankel
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Richards
Executive Producer
Ron Burkle
Executive Producer
Patrick Daly
Producer

Matthew W. Mungle
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Sean P. Egan
Art Department Coordinator

Tracy Letts
Theatre Play

Jordan Roby
Stand In

Julie Michaels
Stunts
Jon Bielich
Stunt Coordinator

Kent Shelton
Stunts

Jeff Burleson
Stunt Driver

Peewee Piemonte
Stunt Coordinator
Laurie Cummings
Stunts
Adriano Goldman
Director of Photography

Ted Barba
Stunt Double

Caryn Mower
Stunts
Tabby Hanson
Stunts
Deb Dyer
Unit Production Manager
Jean Ann Black
Makeup Artist
J. Roy Helland
Makeup Designer
Lon Bender
Sound Designer
Dave McMoyler
Sound Editor
Daniel J. Leahy
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Karen Schulz Gropman
Art Direction
Björn Rehbein
Key Makeup Artist
Glynna Grimala
Sound Editor
Roxane Griffin
Key Hair Stylist
Bill R. Dean
Sound Editor

Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Matthew W. Mungle
Makeup Artist
Christian P. Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marc Fishman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nancy MacLeod
Sound Editor

Toni Marlo
Set Decoration
Kris Fenske
Sound Editor

Tony Lamberti
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Ian Calip
Second Assistant Director

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Michael Hatzer
Digital Colorist
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