A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
- Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 3 wins & 18 nominations total
- Savannah Wingo (age 10)
- (as Nancy Atchison)
Storyline
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- TriviaWhen NBC broadcast the movie in 1995, Barbra Streisand called the network mid-movie to request they lower the volume on the commercials, which were loud compared to the relatively quiet movie. The weekend operations manager obliged, reducing them 2 decibels.
- GoofsSally's Southern accent appears and disappears as the film progresses.
- Quotes
Herbert Woodruff: That Stradivarius is worth over a million dollars!
Tom Wingo: Well, if I drop it, it won't be worth shit.
Susan Lowenstein: Don't do it, Tom.
Tom Wingo: Apologize to your wife, Herbert.
Herbert Woodruff: You're bluffing.
Tom Wingo: I may be, but its a powerful bluff, isn't it, asshole?
[Tom throws fiddle high in the air]
Herbert Woodruff: [screaming] I'm sorry, Susan!
[Tom catches fiddle]
Tom Wingo: Sincerity becomes you, Herbie. Now apologize to me for your unforgivable breach of etiquette at the dinner table tonight, you possum-bred cocksucker.
Herbert Woodruff: I'm very sorry, Tom.
- Alternate versionsLaserdisc version contains an alternate end credits sequence with Barbra Streisand's vocal performance of "Places That Belong To You" (which was replaced in the final film by new end title music by James Newton Howard after Streisand felt that to include the song would bring back the Dr. Lowenstein character and destroy the focal point of the story, which would be the Tom Wingo character). Also, alternate versions of the Tom and Susan affair scenes, and the following deleted scenes (presented in a separate supplementary section at the end of the film):
- Tom remembering his late brother Luke;
- Tom visiting Savannah in the hospital early in the film;
- Tom confronting his father Henry;
- Tom sending flowers to Dr. Lowenstein;
- Lila being ridiculed as "white trash";
- and a love affair montage.
First of all there's always the problem what one wants; to read the book or watch the film but since I then didn't own the book I had to see the film and indeed it made a huge impression on my. The cinematography and casting is superb and now after having read the book I realize that although a lot is left out in the film it wouldn't have been possible to include all the details of the book in the film.
Although it's a typical "Hollywood" film it has a deep sense of beaty and tragedy and I do believe that the film includes the most essential parts of the book in its own right. Of course we don't for instance hear a bit about the great grandmother and her life, nor her biblical husbond and certain parts of the book are changed in the film.
However it's a film that makes sense; tragedy, love and the southern way mixed in a very particular way and that especially is what, from my point of view, makes the film great. It's not just a funny or boring one, it really has something to tell all of us.
I do also feel that it shows the southern way of life in a very true manner although it can be strange compared to other places in the US we really here get to see what the southern parts of US is all about.
Barbra Streisand also in this film, as in all other ones where she appaears, is great; that lady really has talent and she knows it! Being a fabolous singer and a fabolus actress at the same time is quite somethng so again...bravo Barbra you're one of the absolutely best actresses.
- AslaugRuotsalainen
- Jun 15, 2003
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $74,787,599
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,035,412
- Dec 29, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $74,787,599