The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

Director: Charles Matthau Cast: Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie
, Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
, Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
, Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Charles Matthau
The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

Director: Charles Matthau Cast: Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie
, Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
, Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
, Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Charles Matthau

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Overview

Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. After the death of his parents, Collin Fenwick (Edward Furlong) finds himself living in a small town with two of his aunts, Dolly (Piper Laurie) and Verena (Sissy Spacek). Verena is the more stable of the two, an entrepreneur who controls a number of local businesses and rules the roost with a firm hand. Dolly, on the other hand, is a gentle eccentric who claims to hear the voices of the dead as the wind whistles through the grass, and has developed a homemade concoction that supposedly cures dropsy. Dolly's potion attracts the attention of Morris Ritz (Jack Lemmon), a smooth-talking con man from Chicago who wants to snatch the formula away from her. Along the way, Collin also gets to know Catherine (Nell Carter), Verena and Dolly's quick-witted house maid; Amos (Roddy McDowall), a barber who is also the town's one-man rumor mill; Charlie Cool (Walter Matthau), a charmingly cynical retired judge with an opinion about everything; and Sister Ida (Mary Steenburgen), an accordion-toting traveling evangelist who has had a heroic brood of 13 children without benefit of marriage. The Grass Harp was directed by Charles Matthau, the son of Walter Matthau.

Product Details

Release Date: 11/21/2017
UPC: 0888574564742
Original Release: 1995
Rating: PG
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:47:00
Sales rank: 45,228

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Piper Laurie Dolly Talbo
Walter Matthau Judge Charlie Cool,Barbershop Regular
Sissy Spacek Verena Talbo
Jack Lemmon Morris Ritz
Mary Steenburgen Sister Ida
Edward Furlong Collin Fenwick (as a teenager)
Grayson Fricke Collin Fenwick (as a child)
Roddy McDowall Amos Legrand
Nell Carter Catherine Creek
Sean Patrick Flanery Riley Henderson
Joe Don Baker Sheriff Junius Candle
Charles Durning Reverend Buster
Scott Wilson Eugene Fenwick
Donnie Bartlett Mrs Buster
Mia Kirshner Maude Riordan
Adam Crosby Little Homer Honey
Doris Roberts Mrs. Richards
Nora Dunfee Mrs. Peters
Ray McKinnon Charlie Cool Jr.
Veronica Lauren Maude Riordan (child)
Danny Nelson Doc Carter
Rebecca Koon Macy Wheeler
Michele Bauer Martha Cool
Alex Van Big Eddie Stover
Emilie Jacobs Elizabeth Henderson
Marc McPherson Hotel Manager
Elizabeth 'Boo' Gilder Snot Nose Date
Brad Bulger Date
Marty Elcan Cheap Customer
Richie Dye Jack Mill
J. Michael McDougal Ray Oliver
Rosa Tucker Texaco
Jenjer Vick Mamie Curtis
Margaret Scarborough Flo Johnson
Boyd Gaines Narrator,Narrator
Joan Plowright Actor
Cicely Tyson Actor
Patrick Williams Musician,Composer

Technical Credits
Charles Matthau Director,Producer
Steve Brooksbank Casting
Shay Griffin Casting
John Moio Stunts
Mary Jo Slater Casting
Lonnie Smith Stunts
Jerry Tokofsky Producer
John Winfield Executive Producer,Producer
Stirling Silliphant Screenwriter
Kirk Ellis Screenwriter
Clark King Sound/Sound Designer
John Davis Producer
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