Bastard Out of Carolina (film)

Bastard Out of Carolina
DVD cover for Bastard Out of Carolina
Directed by	Anjelica Huston
Written by	Anne Meredith
Based on	Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Produced by	Amanda DiGiulio
Starring	Jennifer Jason Leigh Jena Malone Ron Eldard Glenne Headly Dermot Mulroney Grace Zabriskie Michael Rooker Christina Ricci
Narrated by	Laura Dern
Cinematography	Anthony B. Richmond
Edited by	Éva Gárdos
Music by	Van Dyke Parks
Distributed by	Showtime Networks
Release date	December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bastard Out of Carolina is a 1996 American drama film made by Showtime Networks, directed by Anjelica Huston. It is based on the 1992 novel by Dorothy Allison and adapted for the screen by Anne Meredith. Jena Malone stars in her debut as a poor, physically abused and 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.

The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special (Linda Lowy) and was nominated for 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). It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]