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Director
  
Dan Ireland

Initial DVD release
  
July 29, 2003

Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Biography, Drama, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Writer
  
Novalyne Price Ellis
,
Michael Scott Myers

Release date
  
January 1996 (1996-01) (Sundance) September 8, 1996 (1996-09-08) (Toronto)

Music director
  
Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams

Cast
  
Vincent D'Onofrio
(Robert E. Howard),
Renée Zellweger
(Novalyne Price),
Ann Wedgeworth
(Mrs. Howard),
Harve Presnell
(Dr. Howard),
Benjamin Mouton
(Clyde Smith)

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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.

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Plot summary

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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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  • Vincent D'Onofrio as Robert E. 'Bob' Howard
  • Renée Zellweger as Novalyne Price
  • Libby Villari as Etna Reed Price, Novalyne's mother
  • Ann Wedgeworth as Mrs. Howard
  • Harve Presnell as Dr. Howard
  • Benjamin Mouton as Clyde Smith
  • Michael Corbett as Mayor Booth Adams
  • Helen Cates as Enid

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    Cast notes
  • Olivia d'Abo, star of Conan the Destroyer, was intended for the role but was pregnant when shooting began.

    • Effects

    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

    Nominated
  • Grand Jury Prize at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival
  • Best Female Lead for Renée Zellweger at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards
  • Best First Screenplay for Michael Scott Myers at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards
  • Best Film at the 1996 Verona Love Screens Film Festival
    • Won
  • American Independent Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Seattle International Film Festival
  • Best Actor for Vincent D'Onofrio (Golden Space Needle Award) at the 1996 Seattle International Film Festival
  • Best Actress for Renée Zellweger at the 1996 Mar del Plata Film Festival
  • Best Actor for Vincent D'Onofrio at the 1998 Lone Star Film & Television Awards
  • Best Screenplay for Michael Scott Myers at the 1998 Lone Star Film & Television Awards
  • Best Cinematography for Claudio Rocha at the 1996 Ft Lauderdale International Film Festival

    • References

    The Whole Wide World Wikipedia
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