Rambling Rose1991

Director
Martha Coolidge

Acters

Laura Dern (Rose)
Robert Duvall (Daddy)
Diane Ladd (Mother)
Lukas Haas (Buddy)
John Heard (Willcox Hillyer)
Kevin Conway (Dr. Martinson)

Laura Dern’s and Diane Ladd’s Oscar nominations mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received such a commendation for appearing together.
Rose is a young, restless, free-spirited woman looking for love and affection. Her appearance and openhearted generosity proves irresistible to men – and she knows it. As she creates emotional havoc in the small, conservative community her father, played by Robert Duvall, decides something must be done. All this is leading finally to the confrontation between the selfappointed keepers of public virtues and morality and Rose and her mother.
“The movie is all character and situation, and contains some of the best performances of the year, especially in the ensemble acting of the four main characters.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“Truly extraordinary performances, the familiar yet rarely predictable script and the fertile subtext that looks at sexuality and desire through feminist question marks, makes ‘Rambling Rose’ one of the year’s most touching and absorbing movie experiences.” – Austin Chronicle
“Willingham, who also scripted Paths of Glory, Little Big Man and The Graduate, wrote Rose in the early 1970s. Thanks to these sterling performances almost two decades later, his screenplay enjoys a fresh and tender blossoming.” – Washington Post