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Little Women (1994)

Little Women
Little women poster.jpg
Original film poster
Directed by Gillian Armstrong
Produced by Denise Di Novi
Written by Robin Swicord
Based on Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Starring
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography Geoffrey Simpson
Edited by Nicholas Beauman
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 21, 1994 (1994-12-21)
Running time
118 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $15 million
Box office $50,083,616

Little Women is a 1994 American family drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong. The screenplay by Robin Swicord is based on the 1868 Louisa May Alcott novel of the same name. It is the fourth feature film adaptation of the Alcott classic, following silent versions released in 1917 and 1918, a 1933 George Cukor-directed release and a 1949 adaptation by Mervyn LeRoy. It was released exclusively on December 21, 1994, and was released nationwide four days later on December 25, 1994, by Columbia Pictures.

The film focuses on the March sisters: beautiful Meg (Trini Alvarado), Jo (Winona Ryder), tender Beth (Claire Danes), and romantic Amy (Kirsten Dunst), who are growing up in Concord, Massachusetts during and after the American Civil War. With their father away fighting in the war, the girls struggle with major and minor problems under the guidance of their strong-willed mother, affectionately called Marmee (Susan Sarandon). As a means of escaping some of their problems, the sisters revel in performing in romantic plays written by Jo in their attic theater.

Living next door to the family is wealthy Mr. Laurence (John Neville), whose grandson Theodore, nicknamed "Laurie" (Christian Bale), moves in with him and becomes a close friend of the March family, particularly Jo. Mr. Laurence becomes a mentor for Beth, whose exquisite piano-playing reminds him of his deceased daughter, and Meg falls in love with Laurie's tutor John Brooke (Eric Stoltz).


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