The Whole Wide World
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Initial DVD release July 29, 2003 Language English | 7.2/10 Genre Biography, Drama, Romance Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 1996 (1996-01) (Sundance)September 8, 1996 (1996-09-08) (Toronto) Cast Similar movies Interstellar , All About Anna , Valley Girl , Jupiter Ascending , Pitch Perfect 2 , Boys Don't Cry |
the whole wide world movie trailer 1996
The Whole Wide World is a 1996 American film depicting the relationship between pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard (Vincent D'Onofrio) and schoolteacher Novalyne Price Ellis (Renée Zellweger).
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The film was adapted by Michael Scott Myers from Ellis's memoirs, One Who Walked Alone and Day of the Stranger: Further Memories of Robert E. Howard. The film was directed by Dan Ireland. Original music was provided by Harry Gregson-Williams and his mentor Hans Zimmer. This was their first collaboration as mentor and protegé.

Plot summary

In 1933 Texas school teacher and aspiring writer Novalyne Price is introduced by friends to pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard. A relationship soon develops between the two but it is doomed by personality conflicts and life events, such as the terminal illness of Howard's mother.
Cast


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When auditioning for the film Jerry Maguire, Zellweger met director Cameron Crowe several times but had trouble convincing him that she could play "a 20-something woman" rather than a girl. This was solved by Zellweger's agent sending Crowe a tape of The Whole Wide World.
Awards and honors
References
The Whole Wide World WikipediaThe Whole Wide World IMDb The Whole Wide World themoviedb.org