Taglines: They were separated by a death…and reunited by a murder.
Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman’s murder, Dolores’ daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. In the course of working out the details of what has happened, as well as some shady questions from the past and Selena’s troubled childhood, many difficult truths are revealed about their family’s domestic strife. This is cleverly portrayed with present reality shot in cool blue tones blending seamlessly into flashbacks shot in vivid color.
Dolores Claiborne is a 1995 American psychological thriller film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and David Strathairn. It is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. The plot focuses on the strained relationship between a mother and her daughter, largely told through flashbacks, after her daughter arrives to her remote hometown on a Maine island where her mother has been accused of murdering the elderly woman whom she cared for.
The screenplay for Dolores Claiborne was adapted by Tony Gilroy, and the film was shot in Nova Scotia in 1994. Kathy Bates stated in a retrospective interview that her performance as the titular Dolores was her favorite performance she had ever given.[3] In 2013, Time magazine named the film among the top ten greatest Stephen King film adaptations.
The movie debuted at number three for the week of March 26, 1995 with $5,721,920. It went on to make $24,361,867 domestically. It ranks as the 15th highest-grossing film based on a Stephen King novel. It ranks as the 17th highest on the same list adjusted for inflation. Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh were nominated for the best actress and best supporting actress award at the 22nd Saturn Awards. Ellen Muth also won the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, Judy Parfitt, John C. Reilly, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Plummer, Ellen Muth, Ruth Marshall, Wayne Robson
Screenplay by: Tony Gilroy
Production Design by: Bruno Rubeo
Cinematography by: Gabriel Beristain
Film Editing by: Mark Warner
Costume Design by: Shay Cunliffe
Set Decoration by: Steve Shewchuk
Art Direction by: Dan Yarhi
Music by: Danny Elfman
MPAA Rating: R for language and domestic abuse.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: March 24, 1995
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