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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131155990
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 19, 2002
Running Time: 140 minutes
Sales Rank: 13802
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1982
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Jessica Lange gives a career performance in a role she was born to play: the talented and troubled Frances Farmer. Farmer's awful trajectory travels from bright Seattle girl to 1930s Hollywood starlet to degraded (eventually lobotomized) mental patient. Lange, who has the blond, clean look of Farmer's heyday, goes into these places with the fierce abandon of a true believer. Her performance, the lush John Barry score, and the period re-creation are all worth applauding; almost everything else fails. Everyone except Farmer is grotesquely caricatured to fit the movie's thesis, which is that if you are intelligent and nonconformist, the system will resolutely destroy you. (The medical establishment is evil incarnate.) This simple conclusion seems inadequate and disrespectful of Frances Farmer's tragic problems. For a radiant glimpse of what the real Farmer had to offer, see Howard Hawks's Come and Get It, which bristles with excitement over a new discovery. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Frances, fact or fiction, is worth watching
Frances Farmer was a complex woman, well ahead of her time. She battled nearly every obstacle in life, especially her self. But her sensationalized life has lead to more sensation and little substance. Jessica Lange is marvelous as Frances Farmer, but expect little else from this film. Her performance merits a watch, but please realize most of the scenes are fiction dreamed up by a writer or director.
This film is a sensationalization of a fictionalized book written about her life. ... Read More
Rating:  - "Frances" is an amazing film about a tragic Hollywood story
Most people have never heard of Frances Farmer. There are a few people that know her story and occasionally refer to her (such as Nirvana did in one of their songs) and spark our interest in finding out more about her. Finding information is a challenge because there are not a lot of books about Farmer and all of them are out of print. The movie "Frances" gives us a chance to learn a little about her.
"Frances" is an amazing adaptation of the life of Frances Farmer (with Jessica Lange ... Read More
Rating:  - Frances
A tour de Force from Jessica Lange in its early days and possibly an outstanding performance of a great actress
Rating: - Jessica Langes best performance
Frances Farmer was ahead of her time. They didnt know what to do with her and she didnt help herself at times. Jessica Lange gives her best performance in Frances. Sam Sheperd and Kim Stanley do great. Frances is a great film, it has all the qualites.
Rating: - A brilliant film
A brilliant film -- but troubling, very troubling. Jessica Lange gives one of greatest performances of any american actress ever. Kim Stanley also gives one of the greatest character performances ever. These two are unforgettable.
The facts of Francis Farmer's life are not entirely accurate in the film ... but Jessica Lange captures her spirit. She traverses an emotional range which few actresses are capable. She moved what could have been a mundane biographical story into the realm of art. ... Read More
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