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    Hope Floats House(drama, romance) 1998

    Humiliated on national television when her best friend and her husband, Bill, admit they are in love and having an affair, Birdee Pruitt moves back to her hometown of Smithville, Texas. Returning to her mother’s home is not easy. Her young daughter, Bernice, misses her father. Birdie finds that having been the most popular girl in high school – cheerleader who married the high school quarterback -- left a bitter feeling among many of her contemporaries. There is one man, Justin Matisse, who still has feelings for her after all of these years, but can Birdee put her recent past behind her and start a new life?

    CAST

    Sandra Bullock as Birdee Pruitt
    Harry Connick Jr. as Justin Matisse
    Gena Rowlands as Ramona Calvert, Birdee’s Mom
    Mae Whitman as Bernice Pruitt, Birdee’s daughter
    Michael Paré as Bill Pruitt, Birdee’s husband

    PRODUCTION TEAM

    Director: Forest Whitaker
    Written by: Steven Rogers
    Executive Producer: Sandra Bullock, Mary McLaglen
    Associate Producer: Elizabeth Joan Hooper
    Producer: Lynda Obst
    Original Music: Dave Grusin
    Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
    Film Editing: Richard Crew
    Casting: Ronnie Yeskel

    FILMING LOCATIONS

    Smithville, TX; Cistern, TX; Austin, TX; La Grange, TX; Chicago, IL

    AWARDS

    1999 Lone Star Film & Television Awards
    Best Actress – Sandra Bullock
    Best Supporting Actress – Gena Rowlands
    1999 Young Artist Awards
    Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Under – Mae Whitman
    7 Nominations

    WEBSITE

    www.imdb.com/title/tt0119313/

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