True Women

Movie
German title	True Women
Original title	True Women
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1997
length	171 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Karen Arthur
script	Christopher Lofton
production	Lynn Raynor
music	Bruce Broughton
camera	Tom Neuwirth
cut	Corky Ehlers
occupation
	Dana Delany : Sarah McClure; Annabeth Gish : Euphemia Ashby as an adult; Angelina Jolie : Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods; Tina Majorino : Young Euphemia Ashby; Rachael Leigh Cook : Young Georgia Lawshe; Michael York : Lewis Lawshe; Jeffrey Nordling : Dr. Peter Woods; Salli Richardson : Martha; Tony Todd : Ed Tom; Julie Carmen : Cherokee Lawshe; Matthew Glave : William King; Terrence Mann : Captain Haller; John Schneider : Sam Houston; Michael Greyeyes : Tarantula; Anne Tremko : Matilda Lockhart; Powers Boothe : Bartlett McClure;

True Women is an American film drama by Karen Arthur from the year 1997 . The screenplay by Christopher Lofton is based on the novel of the same name by Janice Woods Windle from 1993.

action

Euphemia Ashby lived in the mid-19th century in the southern United States with the family of her best friend Georgia Lawshe. The two spend part of their childhood together, an intimate and happy time for the two girls. But a separation is about to occur with mixed feelings: Euphemia is expecting the arrival of her father, who wants to bring her to his home. The two girls are afraid of the separation, but on the other hand Euphemia is very happy to see her father again. He died of heart failure on the way to her. His son-in-law, Texas ranger Bartlett McClure, the husband of Euphebias older sister Sarah, stands in for him. He takes the girl to Texas , where she is now growing up with her sister's family, in the middle of a country torn by civil war, Indian attacks and looters. The close friendship with the now distant Georgia Lawshe keeps her afloat.

Georgia Lawshe, meanwhile, has her own painful experiences with racism, Indian persecution, slavery, and war.

Life brings the two young women back together in Texas, where they first of all struggle with their differences. But strokes of fate and social problems weld the two together again more and more until they stand side by side for women's suffrage.

The women experience the civil war as well as battles against the Mexicans and the Indians .

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film “ getting on in years ” was “ a song of praise for the courage of pioneering women ” and aroused “ patriotic as well as romantic feelings ”. It contains some clichés, but offers " solid entertainment ".

Awards

Bruce Broughton was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1997 for film music . Julie Carmen was nominated for the 1998 ALMA Award . Dana Delany won the Lone Star Film & Television Award in 1998 .

background

The film was shot in Austin , McDade, Texas and San Antonio . It is often broadcast on television as a miniseries . In Germany it was released on DVD in June 2004.

Web links

True Women in the Internet Movie Database (English)
True Women at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

^ Certificate of Release for True Women . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2004 (PDF; test number: 98 016 DVD).
^ True Women. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
^ Filming locations for True Women
↑ Release dates for True Women

[FSK-1] Certificate of Release for True Women . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2004 (PDF; test number: 98 016 DVD).

[2] True Women. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[3] Filming locations for True Women

[4] Release dates for True Women