BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA (FILM)

'''Bastard Out of Carolina''' is a 1996 film made by Showtime Networks, directed by Anjelica Huston. It is based on a novel by Dorothy Allison and adapted for the screen by Anne Meredith. Jena Malone stars as a poor, sexually molested girl.
In 1997, the theatrical and video releases of the film were banned by Canada's Maritime Film Classification Board. The video was eventually granted release upon appeal.
It won the Emmy Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special (Linda Lowy) and was nominated Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special (Anjelica Huston), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Glenne Headly), and Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Amanda DiGiulio, Gary Hoffman).

Contents

Plot

Cast

See also

Plot

Ruth Anne, nicknamed "Bone", is a young girl growing up in South Carolina. She lives with her mother, Anney, who's a desperate, unstable woman. Anney marries a man named Glen, who at first seems all right.
Anney and Glen have a son who tragically dies shortly after birth. This rattles Glen, and his actions begin to sway. Soon Glen begins to abuse his stepdaughter, Bone, both physically and sexually. Anney is saddened and disappointed by her new husband's behavior towards her child, but she turns a blind eye. One day, Bone's aunt discovers lashes on her legs and realizes that Glen has been beating the child. She alerts the girl's uncles and they attack him and beat him until he is bloody and unconscious. However, Glen continues with the abuse. Glen comes to Bone's aunt's house while Bone is alone and sexually abuses her.

Cast

★ Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Anney Boatwright

★ Ron Eldard ... Glen Waddell

★ Glenne Headly ... Aunt Ruth

★ Lyle Lovett ... Wade

★ Jena Malone ... Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright

★ Dermot Mulroney ... Lyle Parsons

★ Christina Ricci ... Dee Dee

★ Michael Rooker ... Uncle Earle

★ Diana Scarwid ... Aunt Raylene

★ Susan Traylor ... Alma

★ Grace Zabriskie ... Granny

See also

★ Bastard Out of Carolina (book)

★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction

★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films

★ Child sexual abuse