Little Women (1994 film)
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| Directed by | Gillian Armstrong |
| Produced by | Denise Di Novi |
| Written by | Robin Swicord |
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
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| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Simpson |
| Edited by | Nicholas Beauman |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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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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