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Overview

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Director:
Taylor Hackford
Writers (WGA):
Stephen King (book)
Tony Gilroy (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 March 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend more
Plot:
A big-city reporter travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman that she works for as a maid. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 6 nominations more
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Kathy Bates Shines more (126 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kathy Bates ... Dolores Claiborne

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Selena St. George
Judy Parfitt ... Vera Donovan

Christopher Plummer ... Det. John Mackey

David Strathairn ... Joe St. George

Eric Bogosian ... Peter

John C. Reilly ... Const. Frank Stamshaw

Ellen Muth ... Young Selena

Bob Gunton ... Mr. Pease
Roy Cooper ... Magistrate
Wayne Robson ... Sammy Marchant

Ruth Marshall ... Secretary
Weldon Allen ... Bartender
Tom Gallant ... Searcher
Kelly Burnett ... Jack Donovan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dolores (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Dolores (Germany) [de]
Dolores (Poland) [pl]
Dolores Claiborne (Denmark) [da]
Dolores Claiborne (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Dolores Claiborne (Slovenia) [sl]
Dolores Claiborne (France) [fr]
Dolores Claiborne (Finland) [fi]
Dolores Clairborne (Hungary) [hu]
Eclipse Total (Portugal) [pt]
Eclipse total (Argentina) [es]
Eclipse total (Dolores Claiborne) (Spain) [es]
Hashadot M'Ha-Avar (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
L'ultima eclissi (Italy) [it]
Oliki ekleipsi (Greece) [el]
Stephen Kings Dolores (Germany) [de]
Stephen Kings Dolores Claiborne (Germany) (complete title) [de]
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and domestic abuse.
Runtime:
132 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
While filming the scene on the ferry between Dolores and Selena, Jennifer Jason Leigh became seasick. A student from the local high school was pulled out of class to act as a stand-in. more
Goofs:
Continuity: A scene shows Dolores driving the night before a total solar eclipse. The scene shows a full moon, which is impossible since a full moon cannot occur less than 14 days before a total solar eclipse. more
Quotes:
Dolores Claiborne: If you say you're sorry one more time, I'll K I C K your butt up so high you'll look like a hunchback. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Happy Days Are Here Again more

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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Kathy Bates Shines, 8 May 2004
7/10
Author: Lupercali from Tasmania

It isn't quite fair to say that 'Dolores Claiborne' is a one-woman show, but let's face it; it's pretty much a virtuoso performance from Kathy Bates. She dominates virtually every scene she's in, shows tremendous range, from tender to sour and bitter, to borderline maniacal, and leaves you wondering who else on Earth could possibly have pulled it off.

That's not to belittle the rest of the cast. The other actors are adequate at very least, and Judy Parfitt puts in a performance as the bedridden Vera Donovan, which is the one time that Bates is slightly overshadowed.

Briefly, a middle-aged, working-class widow (Bates) in a small Maine town (where else, for SK?) is suspected of murdering her rich, elderly employer (Parfitt) in an apparently open and shut case. Christopher Plummer is the nasty lawman who is convinced she also killed her husband years before. Meanwhile, her estranged daughter from New York comes up to cover the story for a newspaper, and... well, you don't really need to know any more details before seeing the movie.

It's adapted from a Stephen King novel, and being a drama rather than a supernatural story, it has a flying headstart, being in the company of 'Green Mile', 'Stand By Me', and 'Shawshank Redemption' rather than 'Christine' or 'Salem's Lot'. Whereas it isn't in the exalted league of those movies, it's miles ahead of most of the horror adaptation of King stories. Take Bates out and it might be rather ordinary, but as it it, Dolores gets a very solid 7.0 from me.

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