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Sweet Home Alabama
New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
2002 · Directed by Andy Tennant · 108 min · Comedy · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Sometimes what you're looking for is right where you left it.
Crew
- Screenplay: C. Jay Cox
- Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
- Edited by: Troy Takaki, Tracey Wadmore-Smith
- Music: George Fenton
- Production design: Clay A. Griffith
- Produced by: Stokely Chaffin, Neal H. Moritz
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Melanie Smooter
- Josh Lucas as Jake Perry
- Patrick Dempsey as Andrew Hennings
- Candice Bergen as Mayor Kate Hennings
- Mary Kay Place as Pearl Smooter
- Fred Ward as Earl Smooter
- Jean Smart as Stella Kay Perry
- Ethan Embry as Bobby Ray
- Melanie Lynskey as Lurlynn
- Courtney Gains as Sheriff Wade
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Original Film, D&D Films, Pigeon Creek Films
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $180,622,424
- Themes: new york city, marriage proposal, alabama, career woman, fashion designer, young love, deep south, social mobility, upward mobility
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