One True Thing with Meryl Streep: DVD Cover

    One True Thing Director: Carl Franklin Cast: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/16/1999
    • Original Release: 1998
    • Rating: Rated R

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    Spotlight on Location; Production notes; Cast and filmmakers' bios; Film highlights; Theatrical trailer; Web liniks

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    Scene Index

    Side #1--
    0. Chapter List
    1. Main Titles [:23]
    2. A Normal Life [1:46]
    3. Coming Home [:06]
    4. Dad's Birthday [4:24]
    5. Writer-To-Writer [3:17]
    6. Do Ya Wanna Dance? [:48]
    7. Cancer Or Career? [4:05]
    8. Moving Home [3:22]
    9. The New Minnie [:40]
    10. My Mother's Life [2:09]
    11. Dad's Secret [4:54]
    12. The Pain [:44]
    13. A Surprise [5:18]
    14. More Is More [2:17]
    15. Dad's Other Life [1:36]
    16. Dinner Guests [5:10]
    17. Dealing With It [1:48]
    18. What Counts [:00]
    19. Real Life [3:33]
    20. The Next Part [3:57]
    21. Happy Holidays [:20]
    22. The "F" Word [4:11]
    23. Kate's Decline [3:51]
    24. The Deep Thoughts [5:11]
    25. Let's Go Home... [2:42]
    26. This Isn't Living [1:31]
    27. The Last Night [4:57]
    28. The Funeral [2:47]
    29. My One True Thing [1:12]
    30. End Titles [3:49]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Carl Franklin directed this family drama adapted from the 1995 novel by former New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen about a young woman who goes back home to take care of her dying mother. In 1987-88, independent Ellen Gulden (Renee Zellweger), a Harvard grad, is working on a New York Magazine investigative article when she hears from her father, George (William Hurt), a literary critic and university professor. He tells Ellen she's needed at home to care for her mother, Kate (Meryl Streep), who's due for surgery. Ellen needs to get away from the problems of her relationship with her boyfriend Jordan (Nicky Katt), but she plans to continue work on the magazine article from home. In truth, Ellen is uncomfortable with her mother's various ladies club lunches, and holiday preparations, and she finds communication with her mother awkward. Once Ellen arrives back home, she's dismayed to find herself caught in the web of her mother's Middle America activities. Ellen's attitude changes when it becomes apparent this probably will be the final Thanksgiving and Christmas with all family members present. But tensions erupt as long-buried family secrets emerge. Locations in New Jersey were used to create the film's Eastern coastal college town. Shown at the 1998 Montreal Film Festival. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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    February 21, 2004: I am a huge fan of Ren?e Zellweger and I am glad that I had the opportunity to see this film, not only for her sake, but for the other actors and actresses in this film. The way that Meryl Streep presented this woman was amazing. I felt the pain that she was going through with the cancer and drugs she had to take. The tension that William Hurt brings to the screen truly helped make the story. You wanted to hate him, but at the same time, you felt what he was dealing with. Ren?e's performance and the way that she utilized her voce and facial expressions crumbled you inside. The way that the actors interacted with each other makes this movie one of my favorites. It makes you cry, laugh and puts you in some other world for 2 hours. A truly spectacular film. You can't just watch it like some movies and forget about it. It sticks with you forever.