Rambling Rose (film)

Rambling Rose
Official poster
Directed byMartha Coolidge
Screenplay byCalder Willingham
Based onRambling Rose
by Calder Willingham
Produced byRenny Harlin
Mario Kassar
Edgar J. Scherick
Starring
CinematographyJohnny E. Jensen
Edited bySteven Cohen
Music byElmer Bernstein
Production
companies
Distributed bySeven Arts
(through New Line Cinema)
Release date
  • September 20, 1991 (1991-09-20)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7.5 million
Box office$6.3 million

Rambling Rose is a 1991 American dramatic film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Calder Willingham (based on the 1972 novel of the same name). It stars Laura Dern and Robert Duvall in leading roles, with Lukas Haas, John Heard, and Diane Ladd in supporting roles. The film is set in Georgia during the Great Depression.

Dern and Ladd, daughter and mother in real life, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, making them the first mother-daughter duo to be nominated for Academy Awards for the same film or in the same year. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film, and Martha Coolidge won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director.