Places in the Heart

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Places in the Heart
Directed by Robert Benton
Written by Robert Benton
Starring Sally Field
Lindsay Crouse
Danny Glover
John Malkovich
Ed Harris
Amy Madigan
Music by John Kander
Cinematography Néstor Almendros
Editing by Carol Littleton
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) September 21, 1984
Running time 112 min.
Language English

Places in the Heart is a 1984 drama film that tells the story of a Texas widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man and an African-American man during the Great Depression. It stars Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich, Danny Glover, and Terry O'Quinn.

The movie was written and directed by Robert Benton and filmed in the Dallas, Texas area (more precisely, in Waxahachie, Texas).

It won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Field) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malkovich), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Crouse), Best Costume Design, Best Director, and Best Picture.

In 1985, when Sally Field reached the podium to accept her second Oscar (the first was for Norma Rae), she uttered the memorable (and much-mocked) line, "I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" It is often misremembered as, "You like me—you really like me!"


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