Places in the Heart
Directed by	Robert Benton
Written by	Robert Benton
Starring	Sally Field Lindsay Crouse Danny Glover John Malkovich Ed Harris Amy Madigan
Music by	John Kander
Cinematography	Néstor Almendros
Editing by	Carol Littleton
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release date(s)	September 21, 1984
Running time	112 min.
Language	English

Places in the Heart is a 1984 drama film that tells the story of a Texas widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man and an African-American man during the Great Depression. It stars Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich, Danny Glover, and Terry O'Quinn.

The movie was written and directed by Robert Benton and filmed in the Dallas, Texas area (more precisely, in Waxahachie, Texas).

It won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Field) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malkovich), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Crouse), Best Costume Design, Best Director, and Best Picture.

In 1985, when Sally Field reached the podium to accept her second Oscar (the first was for Norma Rae), she uttered the memorable (and much-mocked) line, "I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" It is often misremembered as, "You like me—you really like me!"

[edit] Cast

• Sally Field as Edna Spalding
• Lindsay Crouse as Margaret Lomax
• Danny Glover as Moze
• John Malkovich as Mr. Will
• Ed Harris as Wayne Lomax
• Amy Madigan as Viola Kelesey
• Yankton Hatlen as Frank Spalding
• Gennie James Possum Spalding

[edit] External links

• Places in the Heart at the Internet Movie Database

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