Bastard Out of Carolina | Adaptations
Aired on Showtime on December 15, 1996, Anjelica Huston's adaptation of Bastard out of Carolina is a "blunt, at times shockingly graphic approach" to the book, says Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly. Originally made for TNT, Ted Turner refused to air the film, calling it "too disturbing." Starring eleven-year-old Jena Malone as Ruth Anne, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Anney, and Ron Eldard as Daddy Glen, the film focuses on Ruth Anne's "misery and her growing resolve to fight back." Having to watch the violence makes the viewer ashamed, but it is the creation of "a sense...
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