The Stars Fell on Henrietta | |
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Directed by | James Keach |
Written by | Philip Railsback |
Based on | "Luck" by Winifred Sanford |
Produced by | Clint Eastwood David Valdes |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
Edited by | Joel Cox |
Music by | David Benoit |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $13 million |
Box office | $99,318 |
The Stars Fell on Henrietta is a 1995 American drama film from Warner Bros., directed by James Keach and produced by Clint Eastwood. The film is based on a short story written by Winifred Sanford titled "Luck". [1] The script for the film was penned by Philip Railsback, who is Sanford's grandson. [1]
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost? [2]
Filming took place in Anson, Texas and Bartlett, Texas on a budget of $13,000,000.
The film received mostly mixed reviews, holding only a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, though Robert Duvall's performance was widely praised. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "The movie may be worth seeing for (Robert Duvall's) performance, but the story itself is disappointing; it seems to travel around the same track once too often, and when the payoff comes, it seems short-circuited." [2] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Duvall's performance, however, is frankly on a different level than anything else in the film...With his innate ability to create people whole, to make his familiar mannerisms and gestures work effectively in every situation, Duvall is an actor to wonder at. Although it is not within his power to save the picture." [3]
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