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Titolo originale: Steel Magnolias
Regia: Herbert Ross |
Anno: 1989
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma Romance
Tag: strong woman | southern usa | beauty | female friendship | based on play or musical | mourning | loving | sentimental | hilarious | compassionate | distressing |
Cast: Sally Field | Dolly Parton | Shirley MacLaine | Daryl Hannah | Olympia Dukakis | Julia Roberts | Tom Skerritt | Sam Shepard | Dylan McDermott | Kevin J. O'Connor | Bill McCutcheon | Ann Wedgeworth | Knowl Johnson | Jonathan Ward | Bibi Besch | Janine Turner | James Wlcek | Ronald Young | Nancy Parsons | Robert Ginnaven | Tom Hodges | Rick Hurst | Robert Harling | Clara Gabrielle | Daniel Camp | Norman Fletcher | Lori Tate | Robert Adams | Carol Sutton | Aja Sansone | Rodney Alan Fulton | Spencer Henderson | Sandra Asbury-Johnson | Gale J. Odom | Betsy Widhalm | Oscar J. Bienvenu Jr. | Teresa Beaudion | Gladys Mallard | Betty J. Dove | Travis Harrison | James Shapkoff III | Walker May | Robert R. Morgan | Roger D. McCann | Debbie McCann | Trent Dawson |

M'Lynn è in ansia per la figlia Shelby, che è incinta nonostante il parere contrario dei medici. Shelby infatti è diabetica. La consolano le amiche Ouiser, una litigiosa signora con due mariti alle spalle, Clairee e Annelle, che sta fuggendo da un matrimonio infelice. Il bambino nasce sano, ma Shelby peggiora e, nonostante il trapianto di un rene fornito da M'Lynn, dopo alcuni mesi muore. Nonna M'Lynn si dedica al nipotino.

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Robert Harling's mother was on-set during the filming of the scenes while Shelby was in the hospital [...] D
Shirley Maclaine and Tom Skerritt played antagonists in this movie. However, they played a married c [...] D
When Bette Davis saw the off-Broadway play, she thought it would be a great film for her, envisionin [...] D
Upon arriving in Natchitoches, the production designer, the art director, the director, director of [...] D
Robert Harling, living and working in New York City, not only distraught over his sister Susan's dea [...] D
There was some controversy relating to this portrayal of a case of Type I diabetes combined with kid [...] D
Sally Field and Herbert Ross reunited on the film Soapdish (1991) two years later. Field almost pass [...] D
The producers thought that people would not believe Sally Field to be a mother to a 22-year-old chil [...] D
Due to marketing, re-shoot delays, and flights via London to Cannes Festival 1989, many of the cast [...] D
During the scene at his first birthday party, Jack Jr. is sitting on Shelby's lap, but the camera do [...] D
Herbert Ross wanted an authentic feel to the hospital scenes, so he hired the doctors and nurses who [...] D
Robert Harling: The stage playwright as a Minister. D
Between the six female principals are twelve Academy Award nominations and five wins. Only Daryl Han [...] D
The original source play has no on-stage roles for men. The characters spend a great deal of time ta [...] D
Herbert Ross had directed Shirley MacLaine and Tom Skerritt in Due vite una svolta (1977). D
This movie was based on a play written about a sister of Phi Mu Fraternity. Susan Harling was a memb [...] D
Sally Field screamed into a pillow for hours before the cemetery scene so her voice would be raw in [...] D
Sally Field and Shirley MacLaine said in an interview that director Herbert Ross was very difficult [...] D
The Natchitoches Hospital Administration wanted the film company to film their actual emergency room [...] D
The film is filled with self-depreciating humor about Southern culture, much of which being over-the [...] D
Robert Harling, the man who wrote the play "Steel Magnolias" in honor of his sister Susan, plays the [...] D
As noted, Annelle did not have to soak the beans overnight. In a pinch one can bring them to a boil [...] D
Shirley MacLaine played the mother of a terminally-ill daughter in Voglia di tenerezza (1983). Rober [...] D
On the DVD's commentary track, Herbert Ross describes how Georges Delerue was not his first choice a [...] D
Herbert Ross had lost his first wife Nora Kaye in 1987, only two years before the film's release. Hi [...] D
Ouiser mentions that she and her friends used to dress up like nuns and go barhopping when they were [...] D
Meg Ryan was initially under contract to play Shelby, but the producers let her out of it to play Sa [...] D
Daryl Hannah was originally turned down for the role of Annelle. Director Herbert Ross thought that [...] D
The nurse who turns off life support for Shelby is the actual nurse who turned off life support for [...] D
The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia [...] D
Dolly Parton and Daryl Hannah studied hair stylists so their hair styling scenes would look authenti [...] D
In author Robert Harling's play and film script, reference is made of the flocks of black birds that [...] D
Julia Roberts (Shelby) and Sam Shepard (Spud) would play lovers in The Pelican Brief 4 years later. D
During Clairee's commentary, numerous football players walk through the locker room in various state [...] D
When Robert Harling last spoke to his sister, Susan Harling-Robinson, he was telling her how hard it [...] D
Each significant event in the movie falls around a holiday. Shelby's wedding: Easter; Shelby's retur [...] D
After a poor take, director Herbert Ross reprimanded Dolly Parton and asked her if she could act. Sh [...] D
Writer Robert Harling has said that the film follows the last three years of his sister, Susan Harli [...] D
Opened on Broadway on Monday, April 4, 2005 at the Lyceum Theater and ran for one hundred thirty-six [...] D
Although Bibi Besch has opening credits, she only had one line, two words in the whole movie. At the [...] D
Of the six main characters, only three are played by actresses from the southern United States: Doll [...] D
Young Jack Jr. was actually played by a girl. D
M'Lynn's home is actually two different houses. The Cook-Taylor House, owned by the Henry Taylor fam [...] D
Decorator Lee Poll purchased six gross orders of artificial magnolia blossoms which the greens depar [...] D
Winona Ryder was originally offered the role of Shelby. Although the producers were charmed by Ryder [...] D
Annelle refers to "Shelby" as being an appropriate name for either a girl or a boy. The following ye [...] D
Herbert Ross employed a unique twist in the cemetery scene. M'Lynn is dramatically sobbing over the [...] D
Olympia Dukakis was unavailable for the photo shoot for the movie poster. They had another woman pos [...] D
There is no parish or town in Louisiana known as Chinquapin. "Chinquapin" is the name for a type of [...] D
The title has been said to suggest that the main characters are delicate as magnolias, but tough as [...] D
Celebrating the film's 30th anniversary at the TCM Film Festival in 2019, screenwriter Robert Harlin [...] D
M'Lynn's two sons were named Thomas and Jonathan, and their daughter's fiancé was named Jackson. [...] D
Shot in the small Louisiana town of Natchitoches. Reportedly, the filmmakers made so many demands of [...] D
Lori Tate, since the filming ended, has become the town of Natchitoches' official historian and city [...] D
The cemetery scene was filmed in one take. D