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Release date United States: Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Director: Jane Anderson

Cast:

Julianne Moore as Evelyn Ryan
Woody Harrelson as Leo "Kelly" Ryan
Laura Dern as Dortha Schaefer
Trevor Morgan as Bruce
Jordan Todosey as Terry Ryan (Tuff)
Frank Chiesurin as Freddy Canon
Brando Barbaro as Baby Dave
Luca Barbaro as Baby Dave
Martin Doyle as Cutter Murphy
Colin Ford as Voice
Angie Jaree as Singer
Erik Knudsen as Rog
Shae Norris as Betsy
Jessica Pollock as Barb

About:

Based on a true story, "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" Julianne Moore as Evelyn Ryan, a devoted housewife and mother of ten in the 1950s. Her husband (Woody Harrelson) can't seem to make ends meet, but that doesn't stop the car from breaking down, the mortgage coming due and the bills from piling up. It falls to Evelyn to defy the conventions of the day and find a way to keep her family together with the odds stacked against them. Applying her remarkable resourcefulness and an uncommon wit, Evelyn finds her own way in the profitable jingle contests popular in the 1950s and '60s.

Genres:
Drama

Producers: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Terry Ryan (book)

Studio: Dreamworks Pictures