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| 1993 Academy Award Nomination, Golden Globe Nomination, IFP's Spirit Award Winner |
Diane Ladd and Laura Dern's Oscar nominations mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received such an accolade for appearing in the same film. |
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| 1991 - directed by Martha Coolidge
written by Calder Willingham Starring: Laura Dern (Rose), nominated for Best Actress Robert Duvall (Daddy), Diane Ladd (Mother), nominated for Best Supporting Actress Lukas Hass (Buddy), John Heard (Willcox Hillyer -Buddy as an adult). |
Rose, is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Rose's appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and Rose knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men. "Daddy" Hillier soon grows tired of Rose's rambling ways. This film is essentially character-driven and features excellent performances throughout, particularly the four principals-Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Robert Duvall and Lukas Haas. (Ladd and Dern mother and daughter in real life) give especially fine performances and deservedly received nominatins for the Academy Awards In the Actress and Supporting Actress categories. The film has a good script and is well done technically. |
| "As Mother, Ladd is a rock of uncommon sense. There's something a little off in her thinking; she's a flake but a flake with unshakable convictions. Her relationship with Daddy is one of the most original husband-wife combinations in memory. The connection between them is a thread of poetry." - Hal Hinson (Washington Post Staff Writer) "Diane Ladd shows her stuff with an acting display that outshines Geraldine Page's Academy Award winning performance in The Trip To Bountiful." - John Delia (CHOICE) |