The Bridges of Madison County (film)

The Bridges of Madison County (film)

Infobox_Film
name = The Bridges of Madison County


caption = Original movie poster for "The Bridges of Madison County".
director = Clint Eastwood
producer = Clint Eastwood Kathleen Kennedy
writer = Robert James Waller (novel) Richard LaGravenese
starring = Meryl Streep
Clint Eastwood Annie Corley
Victor Slezak
Jim Haynie
music =
cinematography = Jack N.Green
editing = Joel Cox
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = 2 June 1995
runtime = 135 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget = $22 million (estimated)
gross = $182,016,617 (worldwide)
imdb_id = 0112579
amg_id = 1:134725|

"The Bridges of Madison County" is a 1995 film based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller. It was made by Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions and Warner Bros. It was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with Kathleen Kennedy as co-producer and the screenplay was adapted by Richard LaGravenese. The film ranked 90 in the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions.

The film stars Eastwood and Meryl Streep. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Meryl Streep).

Plot

The film is set in the summer of 1965. It tells the story of Francesca (Meryl Streep), a lonely Italian Iowa housewife. While her husband and children are away at the Illinois State Fair, she meets and falls in love with a photographer (Clint Eastwood) who has come to Madison County, Iowa to create a photographic essay for National Geographic on the covered bridges in the area. The four days they spend together are a turning point in her life and she writes of her experience in a diary which is discovered by her children after her death.

Cast

*Clint Eastwood ... Robert Kincaid
*Meryl Streep ... Francesca Johnson
*Annie Corley ... Carolyn Johnson
*Victor Slezak ... Michael Johnson
*Jim Haynie ... Richard Johnson
*Sarah Kathryn Schmitt ... Young Carolyn
*Christopher Kroon ... Young Michael
*Phyllis Lyons ... Betty
*Debra Monk ... Madge
*Richard Lage ... Lawyer Peterson
*Michelle Benes ... Lucy Redfield
*Alison Wiegert ... Child #1
*Brandon Bobst ... Child #2
*Pearl Faessler ... Wife
*R.E. 'Stick' Faessler ... Husband

Awards

Won

*ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards:
**Top Box Office Films
*Blue Ribbon Awards (Japan):
**Best Foreign Language Film
*BMI Film & TV Awards:
**BMI Film Music Award (Lennie Niehaus)
*Kinema Junpo Awards (Japan):
**Best Foreign Language Film Director (Clint Eastwood)
*Mainichi Film Concours (Japan):
**Best Foreign Language Film

Nominated

*Academy Awards:
**Best Actress (Meryl Streep)
*American Society of Cinematographers:
**Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases (Jack N. Green)
*Awards of the Japanese Academy (Japan):
**Best Foreign Film
*César Awards (France):
**Best Foreign Film
*Golden Globe Awards:
**Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Meryl Streep)
**Best Motion Picture - Drama
*Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG):
**Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep)

ee also

*Madison County, Iowa

External links

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