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    Steel Magnolias (1989)

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    Six dizzy modern-day southern belles hang out in Truvy’s Beauty Parlor down in Chinquapin, Louisiana – dishing dirt while dying their roots.

    Dolly Parton is Truvy, who believes “what separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorise.” Shirley MacLaine is the town bitch who’s been “in a bad mood for forty years.” Darryl Hannah is a birdbrain beautician “first in her class in frostin’ and streakin'” . . .

    But they’re not all zonked-out Scarlett O’Haras – there’s also Sally Field, a devoted mother whose daughter, Julia Roberts, is young, beautiful, newlywed and a diabetic risking her life to have a baby.

    The actresses work well as an ensemble, proving the true meaning of friendship through good times and rough hauls alike. And Robert Harling’s script captures the essence of today’s South with a musical ear for dialogue.

    Steel Magnolias has a warmth that hugs your heart and a down-home humanity as real as grits.

    You’ll laugh and cry and come to know these people like neighbours.

    M’Lynn Eatenton
    Sally Field
    Truvy Jones
    Dolly Parton
    Ouiser Boudreaux
    Shirley MacLaine
    Annelle Dupuy Desoto
    Darryl Hannah
    Clairee Belcher
    Olympia Dukakis
    Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
    Julia Roberts
    Drum Eatenton
    Tom Skerritt
    Spud Jones
    Sam Shepard
    Jackson Latcherie
    Dylan McDermott
    Sammy Desoto
    Kevin J. O’Connor
    Owen Jenkins
    Bill McCutcheon
    Aunt Fern
    Ann Wedgeworth
    Tommy Eatenton
    Knowl Johnson
    Jonathan Eatenton
    Jonathan Ward
    Belle Marmillion
    Bibi Besch

    Director
    Herbert Ross

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