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Follows the saga of the Cook family. Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1,000 acres, but the seeds of its destruction are sown when the patriarch, Larry Cook, impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters, Ginny, Rose, and Caroline.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Thousand acres (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Touchstone Pictures, Propaganda Films (Firm), Beacon Pictures, Via Rosa Films, Prairie Films, Touchstone Home Video (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Moorhouse, Jocelyn, 1960-, Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957-, Lange, Jessica, Leigh, Jennifer Jason, 1962-, Firth, Colin, 1960-, Carradine, Keith, 1949-, Anderson, Kevin, 1960-, Hingle, Pat, Robards, Jason, Smiley, Jane
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Touchstone Home Video ; [1998?]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Fathers and daughters > Iowa > Drama.
Family farms > Drama.
Iowa > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Follows the saga of the Cook family. Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1,000 acres, but the seeds of its destruction are sown when the patriarch, Larry Cook, impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters, Ginny, Rose, and Caroline.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Jane Smiley.
Videodisc release of the 1997 motion picture.
Digitally mastered.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Special feature: Original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, stereo.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Director, Jocelyn Moorhouse ; producers, Marc Abraham, Steve Golin, Lynn Arost, Kate Guinzburg, Sigurjon Sighvatsson ; screenplay, Laura Jones ; director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; music, Richard Hartley.
ISBN:1558908331