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The Bridges of Madison County

Name: The Bridges of Madison County
Director: Clint Eastwood
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1995
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

1995 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 135 min · Drama · Romance · 15 frames

Tagline

A love like this happens to some of us sooner or later. For Robert and Francesca, it was later.

Crew

Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese
Cinematography: Jack N. Green
Edited by: Joel Cox
Music: Lennie Niehaus
Production design: Jeannine Oppewall
Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy, Clint Eastwood

Cast

Meryl Streep as Francesca Johnson
Clint Eastwood as Robert Kincaid
Annie Corley as Caroline Johnson
Victor Slezak as Michael Johnson
Jim Haynie as Richard Johnson
Sarah Zahn as Young Carolyn
Christopher Kroon as Young Michael
Phyllis Lyons as Betty
Debra Monk as Madge
Richard Lage as Lawyer Peterson

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Budget: $24,000,000
Box office: $182,000,000
Themes: adultery, secret love, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, love of one's life, unsociability, marriage crisis, photographer, love at first sight, photography

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