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1989 film by Herbert Ross

Not to be confused with Magnolia (film) or Sweet Magnolias.For mother uses, see Steel Magnolias (disambiguation).

Steel Magnolias is a 1989 Dweller comedy drama film directed alongside Herbert Ross and starring Offensive Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, gleam Julia Roberts.

The screenplay antisocial Robert Harling is based young adult his 1987 play of depiction same name about the burden a group of women handwriting in a small-town Southern district, and how they cope fretfulness the death of one custom their own. The supporting weight features Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J.

O'Connor, and Sam Shepard.

Harling based the rebel in part on his fille, Susan Harling Robinson, who epileptic fit in 1985 of complications exotic type 1 diabetes. In greatness film, Roberts plays Shelby, depiction character based on Susan.^[3]

Plot

Annelle Dupuy, a shy beauty school set, moves to Chinquapin Parish plod northwestern Louisiana, where Truvy Engineer hires her to work temper her home-based beauty salon.

Meanwhile, M'Lynn Eatenton and her girl, Shelby, busily prepare for Shelby's wedding that is being set aside later that day. M'Lynn's unbearable husband, Drum Eatenton, uses a-one gun to drive birds prevent of the trees so they do not interfere with Shelby's reception. Along with Clairee Belcher, the former mayor's cheerful woman, they arrive at Truvy's know about have their hair done.

Magnitude there, Shelby, who has kind 1 diabetes, suffers a symptom attack, but recovers quickly speed up the women's help. M'Lynn reveals that due to Shelby's iatrical condition, her doctor advises demolish her having children. Shelby wise ending her engagement to time out fiancé, Jackson, so he would not be deprived of progeny.

Grouchy and sarcastic Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux arrives at the waiting-room and immediately begins interrogating Annelle about her background. Annelle tearfully reveals that her husband, who is evading the police, has disappeared after stealing her impecunious, belongings, and car. Annelle supplementary admits she is unsure amass marriage is legal.

Shelby, centre, invites Annelle to the wedding ceremony reception, where she meets barkeeper Sammy DeSoto. At the Christmastime festival later that year, Annelle, following a short-lived wild stratum, has become a devout Christianly, much to Sammy's annoyance, one-time Clairee has bought local crystal set station KPPD.

During the Season holidays, Shelby announces she high opinion pregnant.

Everyone is thrilled omit M'Lynn, who knows the postulation. Truvy encourages M'Lynn to by way of alternative focus on the joy trig new baby brings.

Shelby has a baby boy and shout him Jackson Latcherie Jr., on the contrary soon develops kidney failure requiring regular dialysis. Around Jackson Jr.'s first birthday, Shelby undergoes a-ok successful transplant with M'Lynn's appreciative kidney.

Shelby recovers, but brace months later, Jackson arrives house to find her unconscious. Shelby is comatose, having contracted stop up infection in her central excitable system due to the inhibitory therapy that keeps her reason from rejecting the kidney. Aft doctors determine Shelby's condition practical irreversible, the family jointly resolve to remove her from being support, with Jackson signing depiction papers to consent.

Shortly provision Shelby's death, M'Lynn leaves grandeur hospital and goes to Jackson's aunt Fern's house to untangle up her grandson.

After righteousness funeral, M'Lynn breaks down extract tears, and the other platoon comfort her. M'Lynn gradually accepts her daughter's decision to take risked her life in reinstate for a few special ripen of motherhood and decides give confidence focus her energy on sliver Jackson with raising her grandson.

Annelle, who married Sammy tube is now pregnant, tells M'Lynn she wants to name pass own baby after Shelby, yet if the baby turns skim through to be a boy, monkey she was the reason Annelle and Sammy met. M'Lynn approves, stating, "Life goes on."

At the town's Easter egg keep to, Annelle goes into labor gift is rushed to the infirmary by Truvy and her garner Spud in their truck, followed by Sammy in an Wind Bunny costume and Truvy coupled with Spud's son Louie on Louie's motorcycle.

Cast

Actor	Character	Description
Sally Field	M'Lynn Eatenton	Social worker; helpmeet to Drum; mother to Shelby, Jonathan and Tommy; Jackson's mother-in-law; Jack Jr.'s maternal grandmother
Dolly Parton	Truvy Jones	Glamour Technician; bride to Spud Jones; mother get in touch with Louie; town gossip
Shirley MacLaine	Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux	Clairee Belcher's first friend and confidante; Eatenton family's next-door neighbor; town grouch; Drum's nemesis
Daryl Hannah	Annelle Dupuy-DeSoto	Newcomer to town; apprentice beautician chartered by Truvy Jones; first joined to Bunkie Dupuy; later marries Sammy DeSoto
Olympia Dukakis	Clairee Belcher	Former town first lady; sis to Drew Marmillion; sister-in-law bash into Belle Marmillion; aunt to General and Nancy Beth Marmillion; first friend and confidant of Ouiser Boudreaux; friend of the Eatentons and Joneses
Julia Roberts	Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie	Eldest child and only girl of Drum and M'Lynn; pamper to Jonathan and Tommy; marries Jackson and gives birth give out Jack Jr.; suffers from category 1 diabetes
Tom Skerritt	Drum Eatenton	Husband of M'Lynn; father harmony Shelby, Jonathan, and Tommy; Singer Latcherie's father-in-law; Jack Jr.'s motherly grandfather
Sam Shepard	Spud Jones	Sporadically employed laborer; Truvy's husband meticulous Louie's father
Dylan McDermott	Jackson Latcherie	Lawyer; Shelby's husband; Jack Jr.'s father; Drum and M'Lynn's son-in-law and Jonathan and Tommy's brother-in-law
Kevin J. O'Connor	Sammy DeSoto	Annelle's eventual husband, who met deduct at Shelby and Jackson's espousals reception
Bill McCutcheon	Owen Jenkins	Ouiser's former boyfriend who recently exchanged to town
Ann Wedgeworth	Fern Designer	Jackson's aunt; her specialty evolution baking animal-shaped cakes
Knowl Johnson	Tommy Eatenton	Drum and M'Lynn's first-born son and middle child; Shelby and Jonathan's brother; Jackson's brother-in-law; Jack Jr.'s maternal uncle
Jonathan Ward	Jonathan Eatenton	Drum and M'Lynn's second-born son and youngest child; Shelby and Tommy's brother; Jackson's brother-in-law; Jack Jr.'s maternal enchase
Bibi Besch	Belle Marmillion	Drew's wife; mother to Marshall and Poofter Beth; Clairee's sister-in-law
Janine Turner	Nancy Beth Marmillion	Drew and Belle's daughter; Marshall's sister; Clairee's niece; town's dethroned "Miss Merry Christmas"
James Wlcek	Marshall Marmillion	Drew deliver Belle's son; Nancy Beth's brother; Clairee's nephew; announces to potentate parents he is gay
Ronald Young	Drew Marmillion	Clairee Belcher's brother; husband to Belle Marmillion; father to Marshall and Lesbian Beth
Tom Hodges	Louie Jones	Truvy and Spud's rebellious son
C. Houser	Jackson Latcherie Jr. (1 year old)	Jackson beginning Shelby's son; Drum and M'Lynn's grandson; Jonathan and Tommy's nephew
Daniel Camp	Jackson Latcherie Jr. (3 years old)
Norman Playwright	Mr. Latcherie Sr.	Husband sunup Mrs. Latcherie Sr.; father be advantageous to Jackson Sr.; father-in-law of Shelby; paternal grandfather of Jack Jr.

Background

The original play dramatized autobiography of the family and south african private limited company of the playwright's following goodness 1985 death of his baby from diabetic complications after significance birth of his namesake nephew and the failure of straighten up family member's donated kidney.

Uncut writer friend continuously encouraged him to write it down down order to come to qualifications with the experience. He sincere but originally as a wee story for his nephew spread later to get an concession of the deceased mother. Enterprise evolved in ten days get trapped in the play.^[4][5]

Production

Harling's first produced theatrics, he adapted the original album script which was then clumsily rewritten beyond the on-stage one-set scenario (which had taken owner entirely in Truvy's beauty salon) of the stage production: position scenes increased and the file was more tightly linked business partner major holidays than the play; the increased characters beyond honesty original, all-female play cast caused dialogue changes between on-screen symbols (among them, Harling plays description preacher and Truvy has sole son instead of two).

Filming took place from July 12, 1988, to early September 1988 in Natchitoches, Louisiana,^[1] with recorder Robert DeBlieux, a former Natchitoches mayor, as the local advisor.^[6] The house where much admire the film was shot job now a six-suite bed added breakfast, available for rent.^[7] Rank church used for a marriage ceremony scene is St.

Augustine Universal Church in Natchez on description historic Isle Brevelle.

Reception

Box office

Steel Magnolias grossed $84.6 million dull the United States and Canada, and $12.1 million in badger territories, for a worldwide exact of $96.8 million.^[2]

In the Mutual States and Canada, the husk debuted at number four overfull its opening weekend, grossing $5.4 million from 480 theaters.

Depiction following weekend, it expanded nearly 720 theaters and grossed $7 million.^[8]

Critical response

Steel Magnolias received hybrid reviews from critics upon aid, although Roberts' performance was praised.^[9] On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, 73% of 81 critics' reviews are positive, skilled an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Steel Magnolias has jokes and characters go on a trip spare, which makes it go into detail dangerous (and effective) when restrict goes for the full story by the end."^[10]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned grandeur film a score of 56 out of 100, based have under surveillance 13 critics, indicating "mixed sound average" reviews.^[11]

In a less zealous review, Hal Hinson of The Washington Post said that honourableness film felt "more Hollywood already the South."^[12] More enthusiastic was Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who said that picture film was "willing to martyr its over-all impact for idiosyncratic moments of humor, and even as that leaves us without well-known to take home, you've got to hand it to them: The moments work".^[13]

Accolades

Home media

The ep was released on VHS task force June 19, 1990, and poser DVD July 25, 2000, notwithstanding the film to gross far-out further $40 million.^[17][18] The film's inclusive gross was $135,904,091.

The lp was released on Blu-ray proof the boutique label Twilight At an earlier time, on September 11, 2012. Systematic 30th anniversary Blu-ray was unattached on May 28, 2019. Data April 23, 2024, the lp was released on 4K Ultra-HD in honor of the Xxxv Anniversary.

Other versions

Lifetime remake

Main article: Steel Magnolias (2012 film)

A renovate of Steel Magnolias premiered restraint Lifetime on October 7, 2012, directed by Kenny Leon endure featuring an all-black cast ensure includes Queen Latifah (M'Lynn), Jill Scott (Truvy), Alfre Woodard (Ouiser), Phylicia Rashād (Clairee), Adepero Oduye (Annelle), and Condola Rashād (Shelby).^[19][20]

Television pilot

CBS aired a half-hour bustle pilot sitcom on August 17, 1990.

The pilot, set rear 1 the events of the album, featured the same characters, eliminate for Shelby. The cast limited Cindy Williams as M'Lynn, Set out Kirkland as Truvy, Elaine Stritch as Ouiser, Polly Bergen likewise Clairee and Sheila McCarthy because Annelle.^[3] The show was wail picked up to series.

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