Bastard Out of Carolina (film)

Bastard Out of Carolina
DVD cover for Bastard Out of Carolina
Directed byAnjelica Huston
Written byAnne Meredith
Based onBastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
Produced byAmanda DiGiulio
StarringJennifer Jason Leigh
Jena Malone
Ron Eldard
Glenne Headly
Dermot Mulroney
Grace Zabriskie
Michael Rooker
Christina Ricci
Narrated byLaura Dern
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
Edited byÉva Gárdos
Music byVan Dyke Parks
Distributed byShowtime Networks
Release date
  • December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bastard Out of Carolina is a 1996 American drama film made by Showtime Networks, directed by Anjelica Huston. It is based on the 1992 novel by Dorothy Allison and adapted for the screen by Anne Meredith. Jena Malone stars in her debut as a poor, physically abused and sexually molested girl.

In 1997, the theatrical and video releases of the film were banned by Canada's Maritime Film Classification Board. The video was eventually granted release upon appeal.

The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special (Linda Lowy) and was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special (Anjelica Huston), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Glenne Headly), and Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Amanda DiGiulio, Gary Hoffman). It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bastard Out of Carolina". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2009-09-19.