Country (1984)
September 29, 1984Release Date
Country (1984)
September 29, 1984Release Date


Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Jessica Lange
Jewell Ivy / Producer

Sam Shepard
Gil Ivy

Wilford Brimley
Otis

Matt Clark
Tom McMullen

Theresa Graham
Marlene Ivy

Levi L. Knebel
Carlisle Ivy

Jim Haynie
Arlon Brewer

Sandra Seacat
Louise Brewer

Alex Harvey
Fordyce, FHA Man

Stephanie-Stacy Poyner
Missy Ivy

Jim Ostercamp
Cowboy

Robert L. Somers
Grain Elevator Operator

Frank Noel
Semi Driver

Warren Duit
Preacher

Conrad Doan
Auctioneer

James N. Harrell
Bank Officer, Jim

Dean French
Bartender

Betty Smith
Secretary

Vern Porter
Longley

Sandra J. Hughes
Mrs. McAdams

Rudy Newhoff
Farmer

Ambrose Knebel
Farmer

Bernard Larimer
Farmer

Norbert W. Bruns
Farmer

Albert B. Schmitt
Farmer

Norman Bennett
Farmer

Roy Rechkemmer
Farmer

Roland F. Miller
Farmer

Ralph E. Deuhr
Farmer

Curtis Siemens
Band Member

Donna Manbeck
Band Member

Edwin Manbeck
Band Member

Robert Growney
Band Member

John Jones
Band Member

Will Schmitz Jr.
Young Boy (uncredited)

Richard Pearce
Director

William D. Wittliff
Writer / Producer

William Beaudine Jr.
Line Producer / Production Manager

Charles Gross
Original Music Composer

David M. Walsh
Director of Photography

Bill Yahraus
Editor

Ron Hobbs
Production Design

John B. Mansbridge
Production Design / Art Direction

John Franco Jr.
Set Decoration

Rita Salazar
Costume Design

Thomas Welsh
Costume Design

Mark Bussan
Makeup Artist

Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Supervisor

Toni-Ann Walker
Hairstylist

Al Nicholson
First Assistant Director

Regina Gordon
Second Assistant Director

Craig Beaudine
Second Assistant Director

Bill Dietz
Property Master

William S. Maxwell III
Leadman

John A. Scott III
Props

Wayne Allwine
Sound Editor

Nick Alphin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

George Fredrick
Sound Editor

Robert Hathaway
Sound Supervisor

David Horton Sr.
Sound Editor

Al Maguire
ADR Editor

Joe Parker
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

George Probert
Sound Editor

Frank Regula
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

B. Scott Senechal
Production Sound Mixer

Roger Sword
Sound Editor

James E. Webb
Production Sound Mixer

Allen Hurd
Sound

Greg Morton
Sound

Michael Lloyd
Visual Effects

Peter Anderson
Visual Effects Supervisor

Roland Tantin
Special Effects Supervisor

Mike Paris
Special Effects

Phil Meador
Special Effects

Richard L. Hill
Special Effects

Al Broussard
Special Effects
Media.

Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1984
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingPG
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Country is a 1984 American drama film which follows the trials and tribulations of a rural family as they struggle to hold on to their farm during the trying economic times experienced by family farms in 1980s America. The film was written by William D. Wittliff, and stars real-life couple Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard. The film was directed by Richard Pearce, and was shot on location in Dunkerton and Readlyn Iowa, and at Burbank's Walt Disney Studios.
Lange, who also co-produced the film, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe award for her role.
Then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan stated in his personal diary that this film "was a blatant propaganda message against our agri programs". Some members of the U.S. Congress took the film so seriously that Jessica Lange was brought before a congressional panel to testify as an expert about living on family farms.
Country was one of three 1984 films, along with The River and Places in the Heart, that dealt with the perspective of family farm life "struggles."
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