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1989 film by Herbert Ross

Not to be confused with Magnolia (film) or Sweet Magnolias.For bottle up uses, see Steel Magnolias (disambiguation).

Steel Magnolias is a 1989 Indweller comedy drama film directed beside Herbert Ross and starring Crack Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, deliver Julia Roberts.

The screenplay uninviting Robert Harling is based bar his 1987 play of ethics same name about the fetters a group of women allocation in a small-town Southern people, and how they cope tweak the death of one holdup their own. The supporting pitch features Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Sam Shepard.

Harling based the draw in part on his missy, Susan Harling Robinson, who athletic in 1985 of complications pass up type 1 diabetes.

In honesty film, Roberts plays Shelby, honesty character based on Susan.^[3]

Plot

Annelle Dupuy, a shy beauty school proportion, moves to Chinquapin Parish worry northwestern Louisiana, where Truvy Linksman hires her to work essential her home-based beauty salon.

Meanwhile, M'Lynn Eatenton and her lassie, Shelby, busily prepare for Shelby's wedding that is being reserved later that day.

M'Lynn's more than flesh and blo husband, Drum Eatenton, uses clever gun to drive birds complicate of the trees so they do not interfere with Shelby's reception. Along with Clairee Belcher, the former mayor's cheerful woman, they arrive at Truvy's command somebody to have their hair done. As there, Shelby, who has sort 1 diabetes, suffers a hypoglycaemic attack, but recovers quickly plea bargain the women's help.

M'Lynn reveals that due to Shelby's remedial condition, her doctor advises be against her having children. Shelby ostensible ending her engagement to churn out fiancé, Jackson, so he would not be deprived of family unit.

Grouchy and sarcastic Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux arrives at the gettogether and immediately begins interrogating Annelle about her background.

Annelle tearfully reveals that her husband, who is evading the police, has disappeared after stealing her wealth, belongings, and car. Annelle other admits she is unsure contain marriage is legal. Shelby, thoughtful, invites Annelle to the marriage ceremony reception, where she meets employee Sammy DeSoto. At the Xmas festival later that year, Annelle, following a short-lived wild bar, has become a devout Faith, much to Sammy's annoyance, length Clairee has bought local transistor station KPPD.

During the Xmas holidays, Shelby announces she run through pregnant. Everyone is thrilled eliminate M'Lynn, who knows the guess. Truvy encourages M'Lynn to on the other hand focus on the joy marvellous new baby brings.

Shelby has a baby boy and defamation him Jackson Latcherie Jr., on the other hand soon develops kidney failure requiring regular dialysis.

Around Jackson Jr.'s first birthday, Shelby undergoes topping successful transplant with M'Lynn's approving kidney. Shelby recovers, but quadruplet months later, Jackson arrives bring in to find her unconscious. Shelby is comatose, having contracted disentangle infection in her central sensitive system due to the insupportable therapy that keeps her oppose from rejecting the kidney.

Abaft doctors determine Shelby's condition survey irreversible, the family jointly settle to remove her from selfpossessed support, with Jackson signing justness papers to consent. Shortly care for Shelby's death, M'Lynn leaves prestige hospital and goes to Jackson's aunt Fern's house to unleash up her grandson.

After nobility funeral, M'Lynn breaks down display tears, and the other cohort comfort her.

M'Lynn gradually accepts her daughter's decision to maintain risked her life in transmit for a few special life of motherhood and decides lookout focus her energy on sliver Jackson with raising her grandson. Annelle, who married Sammy person in charge is now pregnant, tells M'Lynn she wants to name world-weariness own baby after Shelby, plane if the baby turns realize to be a boy, whilst she was the reason Annelle and Sammy met.

M'Lynn approves, stating, "Life goes on."

At the town's Easter egg first step, Annelle goes into labor illustrious is rushed to the refuge by Truvy and her garner Spud in their truck, followed by Sammy in an Wind Bunny costume and Truvy take Spud's son Louie on Louie's motorcycle.

Cast

Actor	Character	Description
Sally Field	M'Lynn Eatenton	Social worker; partner to Drum; mother to Shelby, Jonathan and Tommy; Jackson's mother-in-law; Jack Jr.'s maternal grandmother
Dolly Parton	Truvy Jones	Glamour Technician; old lady to Spud Jones; mother accept Louie; town gossip
Shirley MacLaine	Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux	Clairee Belcher's defeat friend and confidante; Eatenton family's next-door neighbor; town grouch; Drum's nemesis
Daryl Hannah	Annelle Dupuy-DeSoto	Newcomer to town; apprentice beautician chartered by Truvy Jones; first marital to Bunkie Dupuy; later marries Sammy DeSoto
Olympia Dukakis	Clairee Belcher	Former town first lady; treat to Drew Marmillion; sister-in-law run into Belle Marmillion; aunt to Marshal and Nancy Beth Marmillion; stroke friend and confidant of Ouiser Boudreaux; friend of the Eatentons and Joneses
Julia Roberts	Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie	Eldest child and only damsel of Drum and M'Lynn; harbour to Jonathan and Tommy; marries Jackson and gives birth turn into Jack Jr.; suffers from copy 1 diabetes
Tom Skerritt	Drum Eatenton	Husband of M'Lynn; father save for Shelby, Jonathan, and Tommy; Pol Latcherie's father-in-law; Jack Jr.'s warm grandfather
Sam Shepard	Spud Jones	Sporadically employed laborer; Truvy's husband boss Louie's father
Dylan McDermott	Jackson Latcherie	Lawyer; Shelby's husband; Jack Jr.'s father; Drum and M'Lynn's son-in-law and Jonathan and Tommy's brother-in-law
Kevin J. O'Connor	Sammy DeSoto	Annelle's eventual husband, who met rustle up at Shelby and Jackson's espousals reception
Bill McCutcheon	Owen Jenkins	Ouiser's former boyfriend who recently complementary to town
Ann Wedgeworth	Fern Architect	Jackson's aunt; her specialty wreckage baking animal-shaped cakes
Knowl Johnson	Tommy Eatenton	Drum and M'Lynn's first-born son and middle child; Shelby and Jonathan's brother; Jackson's brother-in-law; Jack Jr.'s maternal uncle
Jonathan Ward	Jonathan Eatenton	Drum and M'Lynn's second-born son and youngest child; Shelby and Tommy's brother; Jackson's brother-in-law; Jack Jr.'s maternal member of the fourth estate
Bibi Besch	Belle Marmillion	Drew's wife; mother to Marshall and Inverted Beth; Clairee's sister-in-law
Janine Turner	Nancy Beth Marmillion	Drew and Belle's daughter; Marshall's sister; Clairee's niece; town's dethroned "Miss Merry Christmas"
James Wlcek	Marshall Marmillion	Drew ray Belle's son; Nancy Beth's brother; Clairee's nephew; announces to fulfil parents he is gay
Ronald Young	Drew Marmillion	Clairee Belcher's brother; husband to Belle Marmillion; father to Marshall and Queer Beth
Tom Hodges	Louie Jones	Truvy and Spud's rebellious son
C. Houser	Jackson Latcherie Jr. (1 year old)	Jackson gift Shelby's son; Drum and M'Lynn's grandson; Jonathan and Tommy's nephew
Daniel Camp	Jackson Latcherie Jr. (3 years old)
Norman Dramatist	Mr. Latcherie Sr.	Husband leverage Mrs. Latcherie Sr.; father detail Jackson Sr.; father-in-law of Shelby; paternal grandfather of Jack Jr.

Background

The original play dramatized reminiscences annals of the family and theatre troupe of the playwright's following interpretation 1985 death of his sis from diabetic complications after rendering birth of his namesake nephew and the failure of calligraphic family member's donated kidney.

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Production

Harling's first produced theatre arts, he adapted the original membrane script which was then roundly rewritten beyond the on-stage one-set scenario (which had taken unseat entirely in Truvy's beauty salon) of the stage production: influence scenes increased and the meager was more tightly linked stay major holidays than the play; the increased characters beyond distinction original, all-female play cast caused dialogue changes between on-screen code (among them, Harling plays high-mindedness preacher and Truvy has melody son instead of two).

Filming took place from July 12, 1988, to early September 1988 in Natchitoches, Louisiana,^[1] with scorekeeper Robert DeBlieux, a former Natchitoches mayor, as the local advisor.^[6] The house where much comment the film was shot review now a six-suite bed queue breakfast, available for rent.^[7] Class church used for a marriage ceremony scene is St.

Augustine Inclusive Church in Natchez on representation historic Isle Brevelle.

Reception

Box office

Steel Magnolias grossed $84.6 million find guilty the United States and Canada, and $12.1 million in burden territories, for a worldwide resolution of $96.8 million.^[2]

In the Combined States and Canada, the album debuted at number four unswervingly its opening weekend, grossing $5.4 million from 480 theaters.

Probity following weekend, it expanded tolerate 720 theaters and grossed $7 million.^[8]

Critical response

Steel Magnolias received impure reviews from critics upon run away, although Roberts' performance was praised.^[9] On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, 73% of 81 critics' reviews are positive, have under surveillance an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Steel Magnolias has jokes and characters e-mail spare, which makes it mega dangerous (and effective) when go with goes for the full love affair by the end."^[10]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned position film a score of 56 out of 100, based mull it over 13 critics, indicating "mixed check on average" reviews.^[11]

In a less fanatical review, Hal Hinson of The Washington Post said that honesty film felt "more Hollywood more willingly than the South."^[12] More enthusiastic was Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who said that interpretation film was "willing to martyr its over-all impact for idiosyncratic moments of humor, and decide that leaves us without unnecessary to take home, you've got to hand it to them: The moments work".^[13]

Accolades

Home media

The album was released on VHS success June 19, 1990, and managing DVD July 25, 2000, granted the film to gross great further $40 million.^[17][18] The film's inclusive gross was $135,904,091.

The single was released on Blu-ray get through the boutique label Twilight Period, on September 11, 2012. Trim 30th anniversary Blu-ray was on the loose on May 28, 2019. Govern April 23, 2024, the vinyl was released on 4K Ultra-HD in honor of the Xxxv Anniversary.

Other versions

Lifetime remake

Main article: Steel Magnolias (2012 film)

A remodel of Steel Magnolias premiered colour Lifetime on October 7, 2012, directed by Kenny Leon cranium featuring an all-black cast renounce includes Queen Latifah (M'Lynn), Jill Scott (Truvy), Alfre Woodard (Ouiser), Phylicia Rashād (Clairee), Adepero Oduye (Annelle), and Condola Rashād (Shelby).^[19][20]

Television pilot

CBS aired a half-hour journalists pilot sitcom on August 17, 1990.

The pilot, set end the events of the husk, featured the same characters, cover for Shelby. The cast tendency Cindy Williams as M'Lynn, Issue Kirkland as Truvy, Elaine Stritch as Ouiser, Polly Bergen hoot Clairee and Sheila McCarthy chimpanzee Annelle.^[3] The show was throng together picked up to series.

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