The Autumn Heart

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The Autumn Heart
Directed bySteven Maler
Written byDavidlee Willson
Produced byKelley A. McMahon
Jerri Sher
Starring Tyne Daly
Ally Sheedy
CinematographyJohn Leuba
Edited byDavid Bigelow
Joel Hirsch
Music bySheldon Mirowitz
Release date
  • January 27, 1999 (1999-01-27)(Sundance)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Autumn Heart is a 1999 American drama film directed by Steven Maler and starring Tyne Daly and Ally Sheedy. [1] [2] It was screened at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Space Needle award for Best Canadian Feature Film. In 2000, it received the Association for Canadian Cinema and Television's David Cronenberg Award of Excellence for Maler's visual cinematography.

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References

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  2. Hornblow, Deborah (22 September 2000). "GOOD CAST CAN'T SAVE SYRUPY `AUTUMN HEART'". Hartford Courant . Retrieved 28 March 2021.