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Before Women Had Wings (1997)

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Film details

Featuring

Ellen Barkin Oprah Winfrey Tina Majorino
Director

Lloyd Kramer
Country

USA
Year

1997
Type

Television

Synopsis

TV movie. First of six produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films. Adapted by the author Connie May Fowler from her novel. Set in the 1960s in an unnamed rural town in northern Florida. Glory Marie is a drinker so is her husband Billy who rages through life beating his wife and griping about a country singing career that might have been. Two daughters live at home, whilst the son moved away. Billy takes his life and the family moves to a trailer where Glory Marie beats the girls. They are befriended by Miss Zora, a kindly gentle recluse who admits she wasn't always so nice to children.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Glory Marie
    
    Ellen Barkin
  - Miss Zora
    
    Oprah Winfrey
  - Bird
    
    Tina Majorino
  - Phoebe
    
    Julia Stiles
  - Billy
    
    John Savage
  - Mr Ippolito
    
    Burt Young
  - Hank
    
    William Lee Scott
  - LJ Ippolito
    
    Louis Crugnali
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Lloyd Kramer
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Harpo Films
  - Executive Producer
    
    Kate Forte
  - Producer
    
    Jay Benson
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Francine Maisler
  - Casting
    
    Kathryn Eisenstein
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Connie May Fowler
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Ericson Core
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Stephen Semel
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Anton Sanko

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