Country (1984)
September 29, 1984Release Date
Country (1984)
September 29, 1984Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jessica Lange
Jewell Ivy
Sam Shepard
Gil Ivy
Wilford Brimley
Otis
Theresa Graham
Marlene Ivy
Matt Clark
Tom McMullen
Levi L. Knebel
Carlisle Ivy
Richard Pearce
Director
Jim Haynie
Arlon Brewer
William D. Wittliff
Writer
Sandra Seacat
Louise Brewer
Charles Gross
Composer
Alex Harvey
Fordyce, FHA Man
David M. Walsh
Cinematographer
Bill Yahraus
Editor
Stephanie-Stacy Poyner
Missy Ivy
Ron Hobbs
ProductionDesigner
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)
John B. Mansbridge
Production Design / Art Direction
David M. Horton
Sound Editor
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Hathaway
Sound Supervisor
Toni-Ann Walker
Hairstylist
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Supervisor
John Franco Jr.
Set Decoration
Rita Salazar
Costume Design
Wayne Allwine
Sound Editor
Regina Gordon
Second Assistant Director
William Beaudine Jr.
Production Manager / Line Producer
William S. Maxwell III
Leadman
Allen Hurd
Sound
John A. Scott III
Props
Frank Regula
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roger Sword
Sound Editor
Peter Anderson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Thomas Welsh
Costume Design
Michael Lloyd
Visual Effects
Al Maguire
ADR Editor
Al Broussard
Special Effects
Richard L. Hill
Special Effects
Mark Bussan
Makeup Artist
James E. Webb
Production Sound Mixer
Bill Dietz
Property Master
George Fredrick
Sound Editor
Craig Beaudine
Second Assistant Director
Nick Alphin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
George Probert
Sound Editor
B. Scott Senechal
Production Sound Mixer
Al Nicholson
First Assistant Director
Joe Parker
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Greg Morton
Sound
Roland Tantin
Special Effects Supervisor
Mike Paris
Special Effects
Phil Meador
Special Effects
Details.
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."