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Directed by | Gavin O'Connor |
Written by | Gavin O'Connor Angela Shelton |
Produced by | Greg O'Connor |
Starring | Janet McTeer Kimberly J. Brown Gavin O'Connor Jay O. Sanders |
Cinematography | Dan Stoloff |
Edited by | John Gilroy |
Music by | David Mansfield |
Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $312,000[1] |
Box office | $1,350,248[2] |
Tumbleweeds is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. O'Connor co-wrote the screenplay with his then-wife Angela Shelton, based on Shelton's childhood memories spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother. It stars Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown and Jay O. Sanders.
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where O'Connor won the Filmmaker Trophy award. McTeer won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Brown won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film.