A Thousand Acres

Aging Iowa farmer Larry Cook (Jason Robards) decided to divide his spread between daughters Ginny (Jessica Lange), Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh)... but the latter's rejection of the gift in favor of her legal career spurs acrimony, conspiracy, and the digging-up of some long-buried family skeletons. Transposition of "King Lear" to the American heartland, based on Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, co-stars Keith Carradine, Colin Firth, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.