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A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
Dawn Carman
- Therese Ragghianti
- (as Dawn Carmen)
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Did you know
- TriviaFred Dalton Thompson was actually Marie Ragghianti's real life lawyer for her suit against Governor Blanton and the director was so impressed with him during interviews that they asked him to take the role which he did.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Crossover Dreams/Maxie/Mishima/Plenty (1985)
- SoundtracksHoney Honey
By Benny Andersson (uncredited) and Björn Ulvaeus (uncredited)
Performed by ABBA
Courtesy of Polar Music International AB Sweeden
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Marie Ragghianti (Sissy Spacek) has enough of her abusive husband. She leaves him taking her three children back home to Tennessee. In 1973, she goes back to school. She gets a job from former classmate Eddie Sisk (Jeff Daniels). The head of the parole board, Charles Traughber (Morgan Freeman), is uncooperative. Bill Thompson is an unscrupulous operator behind the scenes. Sisk tells her to release a prisoner for the sake of a contributor to the Governor. He surprises her by making her the new chairman expecting more cooperation.
Sissy Spacek is great. I kinda remember this story from the news. Jeff Daniels is also great as something more than his normal nice guy. The ending is a little bland. The courtroom has some nice turns but the tension flattens out. More could have been done with Kevin's character. This is a compelling true story with some good acting.
Sissy Spacek is great. I kinda remember this story from the news. Jeff Daniels is also great as something more than his normal nice guy. The ending is a little bland. The courtroom has some nice turns but the tension flattens out. More could have been done with Kevin's character. This is a compelling true story with some good acting.
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- Marie: A True Story
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- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,507,995
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $241,423
- Sep 29, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $2,507,995
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