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Hope Floats
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
1998 · Directed by Forest Whitaker · 114 min · Romance · Drama · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
When life fell apart, love fell into place.
Crew
- Written by: Steven Rogers
- Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
- Edited by: Richard Chew
- Music: Dave Grusin
- Production design: Larry Fulton
- Produced by: Lynda Obst
Cast
- Sandra Bullock as Birdee Pruitt
- Harry Connick Jr. as Justin Matisse
- Gena Rowlands as Ramona Calvert
- Mae Whitman as Bernice Pruitt
- Michael Paré as Bill Pruitt
- Cameron Finley as Travis
- Kathy Najimy as Toni Post
- Bill Cobbs as Nurse
- Connie Ray as Bobbi-Claire
- Mona Lee Fultz as Teacher
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Fortis Films, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $81,471,882
- Themes: high school, funeral, despair, texas, telegram, leaving one's family, loss, judgment, dog, pond
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