Bastard Out of Carolina (film)
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DVD cover for Bastard out of Carolina
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| Directed by | Anjelica Huston |
| Produced by | Amanda DiGiulio |
| Written by | Anne Meredith |
| Based on |
Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison |
| Starring |
Jennifer Jason Leigh Jena Malone Ron Eldard Glenne Headly Dermot Mulroney Grace Zabriskie Michael Rooker Christina Ricci |
| Narrated by | Laura Dern |
| Music by | Van Dyke Parks |
| Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
| Edited by | Éva Gárdos |
| Distributed by | Showtime |
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Release date
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December 15, 1996 |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bastard out of Carolina is a 1996 film made by Showtime Networks, directed by Anjelica Huston. It is based on a novel by Dorothy Allison and adapted for the screen by Anne Meredith. Jena Malone stars as a poor, physically abused and sexually molested girl.
In 1997 the theatrical and video releases of the film were banned by Canada's Maritime Film Classification Board. The video was eventually granted release upon appeal.
The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special (Linda Lowy) and was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special (Anjelica Huston), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Glenne Headly), and Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Amanda DiGiulio, Gary Hoffman). It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Ruth Anne, nicknamed "Bone" Boatwright, is a young girl growing up in Greenville, South Carolina in the 1950s. Born out of wedlock to Anney, Bone lives with her mother and their extended family in a poor part of town. Anney loves Bone, but is still very much a child herself, tired out from working and needy for attention and adoration. Bone and Anney nearly always have to face the shame of the "ILLEGITIMATE" stamp on Bone's birth certificate. Later, when the county courthouse burns down, Anney is happy that a copy of Bone's birth certificate no longer exists, much less has "ILLEGITIMATE" stamped on it.
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