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Citizen Ruth - Alexander Payne

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Directed by: 
Alexander Payne
Screenplay by: 
Jim Taylor
Alexander Payne
Produced by: 
Cathy Konrad
Cary Woods
Release year: 
1996
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
106min
Genre: 
Indie film
Political cinema
Satire
Comedy
Drama
Music by: 
Rolfe Kent
Subjects: 
Abortion debate
Tagline: 
Life, liberty, money and the pursuit of happiness. She's gotta have it.
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Plot: 
Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer - inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down and out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant (she has had and lost four children already). When a judge orders that she gets an abortion or face a felony charge, she is befriended by Gail Stoney, a pro-lifer whose husband is president of the local "Babysavers" group. Suddenly Ruth is thrust into the middle of the pro-choice/pro-life struggle, with each side wanting her to take their side as a "message" to others - and the situation escalates...
Cast: 
Swoosie Kurtz
as
Diane Siegler
Tippi Hedren
as
Jessica Weiss
Kurtwood Smith
as
Norm Stoney
Mary Kay Place
as
Gail Stoney
Laura Dern
as
Ruth Stoops
Burt Reynolds
as
Blaine Gibbons
Kelly Preston
as
Rachel
M. C. Gainey
as
Harlan
Kenneth Mars
as
Dr. Charlie Rollins
David Graf
as
Judge Richter
Kathleen Noone
as
Nurse Pat
Jim Kalal
as
Tony Stoops
Lance Rome
as
Ricky
(
Ruth's Lover
)
Shea Degan
as
Arresting Officer
Vince Morelli
as
Dr. George
Marilyn Tipp
as
Kathleen
Lois Nemec
as
Sandy
Tim Vandeberghe
as
Bail Clerk
Sebastian Anzaldo III
as
Matthew Stoney
Alicia Witt
as
Cheryl Stoney
Mick McDonald
as
Party Dude
Okley Gibbs
as
Norm's Manager
Roberta Larson
as
Briana
Pam Carter
as
Fran
Steve Wheeldon
as
Kirk
Billie Barnhouse-Diekman
as
Concerned Woman
John La Puzza
as
Concerned Man
Susan Stern
as
Cindy Lindstrom
Jeffrey L. Goos
as
News Anchor
James Devney
as
Officer Iverson
Tim Driscoll
as
Officer Bundy
Caveh Zahedi
as
Peter
David Hirsch
as
Man #1
Gail Erwin
as
Woman
Tony Wike
as
Man #2
Sherry Josand Fletcher
as
Lobby Woman
Jim Delmont
as
Press Conference Reporter
Dennis Grant
as
Don Mattox
Will Jamieson
as
Surveillance Guy
Jeremy Sczepaniak
as
Eric
Delaney Driscoll
as
Ruth's 'Sister'
Robert O'Connell
as
Biker
Judith Hart
as
Sarah Schneider
Joan Pirkle
as
Dr. Milton
Lorie Obradovich
as
Desk Nurse
Joan Hennecke
as
Nurse
Michael Tourek
as
Volunteer Hit by Toilet Lid
Katrina Christensen
as
Jolene
John Bell
as
Micah
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
as
Harlan's Biker Friend #1
Fred Lovelace
as
Harlan's Biker Friend #2
Ed Morehouse
as
Harlan's Biker Friend #3
Jim Reinken
as
Harlan's Biker Friend #4
Wm. J. Billy Bob Muddle III
as
Harlan's Biker Friend #5
Rocky Danners
as
Indigent Crackhead
Robert Dudley
as
Curious Man
Martha Gomez
as
Immigrant Woman
Diane Ladd
as
Ruth's Mother
Jeff Lewis
as
News Anchor
Sherman Monahan
as
Pro-life Man
Peg Sheldrick
as
Trial observer

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