Rambling Rose (1991)
- Starring:
- Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, (more)
- Director(s):
- Martha Coolidge
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Rambling Rose is the most part a flashback, related by grown-up Southerner Buddy Hillyer (John Heard). The bulk of the film takes place in 1935, when rambunctious backwoods housekeeper Rose (Laura Dern) virtually invades the Hillyer household. Daddy Hillyer (Robert Duvall), a bed-rock Southern gentleman, welcomes the congenitally amoral but basically goodhearted Rose into his house, carefully fending off her ill-timed romantic advances. But Rose can't help feeling smitten with him; meanwhile, she has also drawn the attentions of 13-year-old Buddy (Lukas Haas). Based on the novel by screenwriter Calder Willingham, Rambling Rose was not the box-office breakthrough that many expected for director Martha Coolidge; though it fizzled financially, the film did manage to secure Oscar nominations for both Dern and her real-life mother Diane Ladd. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 115 mins
Complete Cast:
- Laura Dern - Rose
- Diane Ladd - Mother Hillyer
- John Heard - Willcox Hillyer
- Robert John Burke - Police Chief David Wilkie
- Evan Lockwood - Waski Hillyer
- D. Anthony Pender - Foster
- Dale Robertson - Young Salesman
- James Binns - Minister
- David E. Scarborough - Horton
- Robert Duvall - Daddy Hillyer
- Lukas Haas - Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer
- Kevin Conway - Dr. Martinson
- Lisa Jakub - Doll Hillyer
- Matt Sutherland - Billy
- General Fermon Judd, Jr. - Shadrack
- Michael Mott - Man in Store
- Richard Olsen - Chief of Police
- Jeffrey Smith - Stand-In
- Director(s):
- Martha Coolidge
- Writer(s):
- Calder Willingham
- Producer(s):
- Laurie Parker, Nancy Tenenbaum, Mario Kassar
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Nudity, Profanity, Not For Children, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content)
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- 1991 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Picture
- 1991 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director
- 1991 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Supporting Actress
