Steel Magnolias
- Director: Herbert Ross
- Writer: Robert Harling
- Producer: Ray Stark; Andrew Stone
CGiii Comment
If you like to shed a tear...or two.
This will have you howling...genius.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there. As the picture opens, we find Drum Eatenton shooting birds in the trees of his back yard in preparation for his daughter's wedding reception that afternoon. Shortly thereafter, M'Lynn and Shelby (Drum's wife and daughter) depart for Truvy's to get their hair done for the wedding. "Just the sweetest thing," Annelle Depuy Desoto (who may or may not be married because her marriage may not be legal) is introduced to Truvy's customers as her new "glamour technician." While in the chairs, the sour-tempered Ouiser Boudreaux shows up and entertains the assemblage with her barbs. It seems that the only one of the group who truly understands Ouiser is Clairee who is recently widowed and looking for a diversion.
Cast & Characters
Sally Field as M'Lynn Eatenton;
Dolly Parton as Truvy Jones;
Shirley MacLaine as Ouiser Boudreaux;
Daryl Hannah as Annelle Dupuy Desoto;
Olympia Dukakis as Clairee Belcher;
Julia Roberts as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie;
Tom Skerritt as Drum Eatenton;
Sam Shepard as Spud Jones;
Dylan McDermott as Jackson Latcherie;
Kevin J. O'Connor as Sammy Desoto;
Bill McCutcheon as Owen Jenkins;
Ann Wedgeworth as Aunt Fern;
Knowl Johnson as Tommy Eatenton;
Jonathan Ward as Jonathan Eatenton;
Bibi Besch as Belle Marmillion