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| Directed by | Graeme Clifford |
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| Produced by | Jonathan Sanger |
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| Cinematography | László Kovács |
| Edited by | John Wright |
| Music by | John Barry |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | United States[1][2] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million[3] |
| Box office | $5 million |
Frances is a 1982 American biographical tragedy film directed by Graeme Clifford and written by Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, and Nicholas Kazan. The film stars Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer, a troubled actress during the 1930s whose career suffered as a result of her mental illness. It also features Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Christopher Pennock, Jonathan Banks, and Jeffrey DeMunn in supporting roles. The film chronicles Farmer's life from her days as a high school student, her turbulent relationship with her emotionally abusive mother, her short lived film career in the 1930s, her institutionalization for alleged mental illness in the 1940s, her deinstitutionalization in the 1950s and her appearance on This Is Your Life.
Frances was released theatrically on December 3, 1982, by Universal Pictures. Lange's performance was unanimously praised and has been cited by many (including her) as her best performance. At the 55th Academy Awards, it received two nominations for Lange and Stanley as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively.
- ^ "Frances (1982)". British Film Institute. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Frances (1982)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ Mills, Bart (September 23, 1982). "Fame rings for Lange". The Guardian. p. 17.