Ruby in Paradise

Ruby in Paradise
Video release poster
Directed byVictor Nunez
Written byVictor Nunez
Produced byKeith Crofford
Starring
CinematographyAlex Vlacos
Edited byVictor Nunez
Music byCharles Engstrom
Production
companies
  • Full Crew[1]
  • Say Yea Productions[1]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 1993 (1993-01) (Sundance)
  • October 8, 1993 (1993-10-08) (U.S.)
Running time
115 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000 (estimated)[2]
Box office$1 million[3]

Ruby in Paradise is a 1993 film written and directed by Victor Nunez, starring Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum, Allison Dean, and Dorothy Lyman. An homage to Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen,[4] the film is a character study about a young woman who escapes her small town in Tennessee for a new life in coastal Florida. The film marks Judd’s first starring role.

The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. It was also nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards, with Judd winning for Best Female Lead.

  1. ^ a b c d "Ruby in Paradise (1993)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ruby in Paradise". The Numbers. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ruby in Paradise". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Northanger Abbey". Jane Austen Society of North America. January 10, 2010.