Georgia (1995)

Note Générale:

5,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Ulu Grosbard

Scénariste (WGA):

Barbara Turner (written by)

Date de sortie:

8 décembre 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Musique

Accroche:

The toughest act to follow was their dreams.

Intrigue:

Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia (Mare Winningham) who is a famous C&W artist...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Récompenses:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Georgia on my mind

Ensemble

Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Sadie Flood
Mare Winningham	...	Georgia Flood
Ted Levine	...	Jake
Max Perlich	...	Axel Goldman
John Doe	...	Bobby
John C. Reilly	...	Herman
Jimmy Witherspoon	...	Trucker
Jason Carter	...	Chasman
Tom Bower	...	Erwin Flood
Smokey Hormel	...	Leland
Jimmy Z.	...	Clay
Tony Marsico	...	Paul
Jamian Briar	...	Andrew Flood
Rachel Rasco	...	Mish Flood
Nicole Donahoo	...	Young Sadie Flood
Aisleagh Jackson	...	Young Georgia Flood
Colleen O'Hara	...	Ticket Agent
Bruce Wirth	...	Dan Ferguson
Thomas Kuhn	...	Bartender at Larry's
Bill Johns	...	Promoter
Mina Badie	...	Bobby's Girlfriend
Chris Carlson	...	Reporter at Larry's
Shawn Cox	...	17-Year-Old Boy
Jeff Steitzer	...	Drunk
Michael Shapiro	...	Brian
Barbara Deering	...	Nurse #1
Stephanie Shine	...	Nurse #2
Jay Keye	...	Gate Agent
Jo Miller	...	Jo Miller
Craig Huston	...	Drunk in Crowd (as C.W. Huston)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Michelle Crane	...	Featured Dancer (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Ulu Grosbard

Scénaristes (WGA)
Barbara Turner		(written by)

Produit par
Ben Barenholtz	....	executive producer
Amanda DiGiulio	....	line producer
Ulu Grosbard	....	producer
Jennifer Jason Leigh	....	producer
Barbara Turner	....	producer

Image
Jan Kiesser

Montage
Elizabeth Kling

Distribution des rôles
Renee Rousselot

Création des décors
Lester Cohen

Direction artistique
Rondi Tucker

Décorateur de plateau
Crista Schneider

Création des costumes
Carol Oditz

Maquillage
Lori Guidroz	....	key hair stylist
Micheline Trépanier	....	key makeup artist

Directeur de production
Amanda DiGiulio	....	unit production manager
Lemore Syvan	....	post-production manager
Lemore Syvan	....	post-production supervisor
Stacia White	....	music production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Craig Huston	....	first assistant director
Elisa Sansalone	....	second second assistant director
Lynn Wegenka	....	second assistant director

Département Art
George M. Abeyta	....	set dresser
Matthew Ebert	....	art department coordinator
Steven E. Eyrse	....	head painter
Steven E. Eyrse	....	scenic artist
Noelle King	....	set designer
Kim Larsen-Santini	....	assistant property master
Melissa Matthies	....	property master
Michael McCombe	....	greensman
Robert A. Neer	....	set dresser
Robert A. Neer	....	swing
Mary Seibert	....	set dresser
Alun Vick	....	construction coordinator

Technicien du son
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound effects editor
Skip Lievsay	....	supervising sound editor
Nicholas Renbeck	....	apprentice sound editor
Fred Rosenberg	....	dialogue editor
Kira Smith	....	boom operator
Philip Stockton	....	sound editor
Mark Weingarten	....	production sound mixer

Effets spéciaux
Don Dumas	....	special effects

Caméra et Département Electrique
Peter K. Anderson	....	camera operator
Ed Ewing	....	camera operator
David J. Frederick	....	camera operator (as David Frederick)
Kirk R. Gardner	....	Steadicam operator (as Kirk Gardner)
Lulu Gargiulio	....	camera operator
Steve Itano	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Scott Leyse	....	assistant camera
Gregory D. Smith	....	grip
Scott Watkins	....	best boy grip
Bob Webeck	....	additional first assistant camera

Département Casting
Tina Kerr	....	extras casting
Jodi Rothfield	....	seattle casting
Katie Ryan	....	casting: Seattle

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Marienne O'Brien	....	costume supervisor

Dpartement Editorial
Sam Adelman	....	assistant editor
Sandra Nash	....	apprentice editor
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher

Département Musique
Todd Kasow	....	music editor
Margaret Lite	....	music production assistant
J. Steven Soles	....	music producer (as Steven Soles)
Tom Swift	....	music mixer
Robin Urdang	....	music consultant
Stacia White	....	music production manager

Département Transport
Rick Wiley	....	driver: camera car

Divers
Travis William Blue	....	production assistant
Mark Botvinick	....	production assistant
Bradley Dumont	....	assistant to director
Roger D. Faires	....	assistant location manager
Meg McHutchison	....	location manager
Carrie Ann Morrow	....	technical advisor
Atalanta Powell	....	production assistant
Lou Ann Quast	....	script supervisor
Gary Roundtree	....	production assistant
Dixie Lee Sedgwick	....	stand-in

Merci
Elvis Costello	....	special thanks
Van Morrison	....	special thanks
Lou Reed	....	special thanks

Companies de production

• CiBy 2000
• Miramax Films

Distributeurs

• Miramax Films (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Alta Films (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (1996) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Shochiku-Fuji Company (1996) (Japan) (theatrical)
• EuroVideo (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Gativideo (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Vídeo Arte (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Georgia (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for substance abuse, language and a sex scene.

Durée:

115 min

Pays:

USA | France

Langue:

Anglais | Hébreu

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | USA:R

Lieux de tournage:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Société:

CiBy 2000

Anecdotes:

John Doe was cast in the film because Jennifer Jason Leigh is a fan of his band, X.

Guillemet:

Georgia: What are you drinking?
Sadie Flood: You know me. Whatever's cheap or free.

Connexions:

figure dans The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV)

Bande son:

HAVA NAGILA

Georgia on my mind

'Georgia' is a strong, sometimes harrowing drama about the relationship between two singing siblings: the eponymous elder sister, an established country-folk star, and the less talented Sadie, who is actually the central character of this film. Jennifer Jason Leigh is in her element as the self-destructive, self-loathing Sadie, and delivers perhaps her finest performance; but Mare Willingham is also good in the subtler role of Georgia, a woman whose capacity to feel compassion has been tested to the limit, and which only survives when focused through a prism of superiority. Georgia is instinctively careful with words but Sadie compulsively goads her into betraying these instincts; the telling dialogues between them are constructed with a deadly precision, the high points of a generally excellent screenplay. What's also surprising is that the music is also good. In any film about art, a central problem for the director is creating a belief in the merits of the fictional work; in 'La Bellie Noiseuse', for example, Jean-Jacques Rivette created an explicit plot justification for not having to show the painting that is the film's centrepiece to his viewers, rather than letting us judge it. By contrast, in this film, Georgia sounds genuinely good, while Sadie veers between downright awful and almost interesting; this allows the film to actually use the music as a means of conveying the narrative of the story. This slows the pace of the film, and if you don't like the types of music played, might be excruciating; but it's interesting to see the (fictional) truth conveyed through the medium of performance.

One of the film's strengths is that it grants us no indulgent fantasies; because of this, the narrative arc is limited (especially as the film is quite long). In some senses, the film resembles other great films about the self-destructive, like 'Five Easy Pieces' or 'Naked'. It's not quite in that class, but it's double-headed structure makes it more reflective, less visceral, but by no means uninteresting. Overall, it's an unjustly neglected work.