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Curse of the Starving Class (1995)

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Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Based on Sam Shephard's award-winning Off-Broadway play. A poverty-stricken farming family attempts to put food on the table while holding on to their personal dreams of a better life. However,... [More]

Starring: James Woods, Kathy Bates, Randy Quaid, Henry Thomas

Director: J. Michael McClary

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A cast of eccentric charcater actors (James Woods, Kathy Bates) brings class but no emotional resonance to Sam Shepard's 1977 play, an ironic dissection of the American Dream as it affects and destroys a white farming family.

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