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Directed by | Andy Tennant |
Screenplay by | C. Jay Cox |
Story by | Douglas J. Eboch |
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Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
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Music by | George Fenton |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million[1] |
Box office | $180.6 million[1] |
Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic film directed by Andy Tennant. Written by C. Jay Cox, it stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey. The supporting cast includes Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart, Candice Bergen, Ethan Embry, and Melanie Lynskey. It was released in the United States on September 27, 2002, by Buena Vista Pictures. The film takes its title from the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name. It received mixed critical reception,[2] but was a success at the box office.[1]