Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart is a drama set in the Depression-era in Waxahachie, Texas. It was released on September 21, 1984. Staring in the leading role of Edna Spalding is Sally Field who won her second Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role. Places in the Heart was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Costume Design, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (won). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087921/

Places in the Heart is set in the Depression-era om Waxahachie, Texas. Edna Spalding's (Sally Field) husband the Sheriff is killed by a drunken gunman. Edna has two young children Frank (Yankton Hatten) and Possum (Gennie James) and she must figure out how to hold her family and farm together.http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19840101/REVIEWS/401010368/1023

• Sally Field as Edna Spalding

• Lindsay Crouse as Margaret Lomax

• Ed Harris as Wayne Lomax

• Amy Madigan as Viola Kelsey

• John Malkovich as Mr. Will

• Danny Glover as Moze

• Yankton Hatten as Frank Spalding

• Gennie James as Possum Spalding

• Lane Smith as Albert Denby

• Terry O'Quinn as Buddy Kelsey

• Bert Remsen as Tee Tot Hightower

• Ray Baker as Sheriff Royce Spalding

• Jay Patterson as W.E. Simmons

• Toni Hudson as Ermine

• De'voreaux White as Wylie (as Devoreaux White)

"Out of the memories of his boyhood in Waxahachie, Tex., during the Great Depression, and within the unlikely tradition of the old-fashioned mortgage melodrama, Robert Benton has made one of the best films in years about growing up American."—Vincent Canby, The New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/places-in-the-heart-benton-s-waxahachie-in-the-depression.html

"His memories provide the material for a wonderful movie, and he has made it, but unfortunately he hasn't stopped at that. He has gone on to include too much. He tells a central story of great power, and then keeps leaving it to catch us up with minor characters we never care about."—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19840101/REVIEWS/401010368/1023