The Bridges of Madison County is a
1995The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....
romantic drama film based on
the best-selling novelThe Bridges of Madison County is a 1992 best-selling novel by Robert James Waller which tells the story of a married but lonely Italian woman, living in 1960s Madison County, Iowa, who engages in an affair with a National Geographic photographer from Bellingham, Washington who is visiting Madison...
by
Robert James WallerRobert James Waller is an American author also known for his work as a writer, photographer and musician.-Life:...
. It was made by
Amblin EntertainmentAmblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director, Steven Spielberg, film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its productions,...
,
Malpaso ProductionsMalpaso Productions, originally known as The Malpaso Company, is Clint Eastwood's production company.-History:The name Malpaso is derived from a creek south of Carmel, California, where Eastwood has spent much of his life...
and
Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Warner Bros. Pictures, or simply Warner Bros.—the shortened form of the former official, sometimes still used, formal corporate name: Warner Brothers
. It was produced and directed by Clint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He has received five Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and five People's Choice Awards—including one for Favorite All-Time Motion Picture Star.Eastwood is...
with Kathleen Kennedy as co-producer and the screenplay was adapted by Richard LaGraveneseRichard LaGravenese is a premier American screenwriter and occasional film director. He is best known as the writer of The Fisher King.-Personal life:...
. The film ranked 90 in the AFI's 100 Years... 100 PassionsPart of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions is a list of the top 100 love stories in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11, 2002 in a CBS television special hosted by American film and TV actress Candice Bergen.-The...
and tied with Goodbye South, GoodbyeGoodbye South, Goodbye is a 1996 film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. It was chosen along with The Bridges of Madison County and Carlito's Way as the best film of the 1990s by Cahiers du Cinema....
and Carlito's WayCarlito's Way is a 1993 crime film based on the novel After Hours by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp and directed by Brian De Palma. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo and Viggo Mortensen...
to be dubbed the best film of the 1990s in a poll by Cahiers du CinemaCahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca...
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The film stars Eastwood and Meryl StreepMary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
in 1996 for her performance in the film.
The film is set in the summer of 1965.
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The Bridges of Madison County is a
1995The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....
romantic drama film based on
the best-selling novelThe Bridges of Madison County is a 1992 best-selling novel by Robert James Waller which tells the story of a married but lonely Italian woman, living in 1960s Madison County, Iowa, who engages in an affair with a National Geographic photographer from Bellingham, Washington who is visiting Madison...
by
Robert James WallerRobert James Waller is an American author also known for his work as a writer, photographer and musician.-Life:...
. It was made by
Amblin EntertainmentAmblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director, Steven Spielberg, film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its productions,...
,
Malpaso ProductionsMalpaso Productions, originally known as The Malpaso Company, is Clint Eastwood's production company.-History:The name Malpaso is derived from a creek south of Carmel, California, where Eastwood has spent much of his life...
and
Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Warner Bros. Pictures, or simply Warner Bros.—the shortened form of the former official, sometimes still used, formal corporate name: Warner Brothers
. It was produced and directed by Clint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He has received five Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and five People's Choice Awards—including one for Favorite All-Time Motion Picture Star.Eastwood is...
with Kathleen Kennedy as co-producer and the screenplay was adapted by Richard LaGraveneseRichard LaGravenese is a premier American screenwriter and occasional film director. He is best known as the writer of The Fisher King.-Personal life:...
. The film ranked 90 in the AFI's 100 Years... 100 PassionsPart of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions is a list of the top 100 love stories in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11, 2002 in a CBS television special hosted by American film and TV actress Candice Bergen.-The...
and tied with Goodbye South, GoodbyeGoodbye South, Goodbye is a 1996 film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. It was chosen along with The Bridges of Madison County and Carlito's Way as the best film of the 1990s by Cahiers du Cinema....
and Carlito's WayCarlito's Way is a 1993 crime film based on the novel After Hours by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp and directed by Brian De Palma. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo and Viggo Mortensen...
to be dubbed the best film of the 1990s in a poll by Cahiers du CinemaCahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca...
.
The film stars Eastwood and Meryl StreepMary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
in 1996 for her performance in the film.
Plot
The film is set in the summer of 1965. It tells the story of Francesca (Meryl Streep), a lonely, insightful ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
housewife in IowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of...
. While her husband and children are away at the Illinois State FairState Fair is a movie directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The movie was based on a novel by Phil Stong.The film was remade twice, once in 1945 and again in 1962....
, she meets and falls in love with a photographerA photographer is a person who takes photographs using a camera. A professional photographer uses photography to make a living whilst an amateur photographer does not earn a living and typically takes photographs for pleasure and to record an event, place or person for future enjoyment.A...
(Clint Eastwood) who has come to Madison County, IowaMadison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population was 14,019. Its county seat is Winterset, and it is one of the five counties that make up the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area....
to create a photographic essayIs a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story orevoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a...
for National GeographicThe National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
on the covered bridgeA covered bridge is a bridge, often single-lane, with enclosed sides and a roof. They have typically been wooden, although some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...
s in the area. The four days they spend together are a turning point in her life and she writes of her experience in a diary which is discovered by her children after her death.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, film producer and composer. He has received five Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and five People's Choice Awards—including one for Favorite All-Time Motion Picture Star.Eastwood is...
... Robert Kincaid
- Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
... Francesca Johnson
- Annie Corley ... Carolyn Johnson
- Victor Slezak
Victor Slezak is an American stage, television and screen actor who has appeared in numerous films, including The Bridges of Madison County , Beyond Rangoon , The Devil's Own , The Siege ,The Cat's Meow , Timequest as John F...
... Michael Johnson
- Jim Haynie ... Richard Johnson
- Sarah Kathryn Schmitt ... Young Carolyn
- Christopher Kroon ... Young Michael
- Phyllis Lyons ... Betty
- Debra Monk
Debra Monk is an American Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and writer.Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring, Maryland...
... Madge
- Richard Lage ... Lawyer Peterson
- Michelle Benes ... Lucy Redfield
- Alison Wiegert ... Child #1
- Brandon Bobst ... Child #2
- Pearl Faessler ... Wife
- R.E. 'Stick' Faessler ... Husband
Won
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards:
- Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...
(Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
):
- Best Foreign Language Film
- BMI Film & TV Awards:
- BMI Film Music Award (Lennie Niehaus)
- Kinema Junpo Awards (Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
):
- Best Foreign Language Film Director (Clint Eastwood)
- Mainichi Film Concours (Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
):
- Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated
- Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
:
- Best Actress (Meryl Streep)
- American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...
:
- Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases (Jack N. Green)
- Awards of the Japanese Academy (Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
):
- César Awards (France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
):
- Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Meryl Streep)
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG):
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep)
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