The Member of the Wedding (1997)
Fielder Cook, 1997
The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers, 1946
The Member of the Wedding is a movie directed by Fielder Cook in 1997 and based on the book of the same name by Carson McCullers, first published in 1946. The movie features Anna Paquin, Alfre Woodard, Corey Dunn, Enrico Colantoni, Anne Tremko, Matt McGrath, and others.
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Storyline
Frankie Addams is a 12-year-old girl who feels alienated from the world around her. Her mother passed away at her birth, and her father is emotionally distant and difficult to understand. The people she feels closest to are her family’s African American maid, Berenice Sadie Brown, and her 6-year-old cousin, John Henry West. She has no friends in her small Southern town and yearns to escape by joining her brother and his fiancée on their honeymoon.
Movie vs Book
Year
1997
Minutes
92
Movie Rate
6.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1946
Pages
163
Book Rate
7.62
S: Goodreads
Book
The Member of the Wedding
Author: Carson McCullers
Country: USA
First published in: 1946
Length: 163 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Fred Zinnemann
Movie by Delbert Mann
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