The Grass Harp
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Charles Matthau
Emilie Jacobs
Michele Bauer
Margaret Scarborough
Marc Mcpherson
Grayson Fricke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, the story is set in the 1940s in a small southern town. After his mother dies, Collin Fenwick, comes to live with his father's maiden cousins, Verena and Dolly Talbo. Verena is a rigid and proper businesswoman who owns half the stores in their small town. Collin prefers the company of Verena's sister Dolly, who has a delicate and romantic soul. Catherine, is the Talbos' outspoken housemaid and Dolly's closest friend. Judge Charlie Cool, who discovers, when he meets Dolly Talbo, that his heart, once dry as an empty husk at the the twilight of his life, can again be filled with love. When Dolly, Collin and Catherine leave the Talbo home for a tree house to escape Verena and to dream and talk, they set in motion a chain of comic events that will change their world and the lives of several townspeople.
Director
Charles Matthau
Cast
Emilie Jacobs
Michele Bauer
Margaret Scarborough
Marc Mcpherson
Grayson Fricke
Edward Furlong
Joe Don Baker
Roddy Mcdowall
Sean Patrick Flanery
Jack Lemmon
Charles Durning
Nora Dunfee
Paul Fried
Charles Matthau
Bonnie Bartlett
Danny Nelson
Walter Matthau
Tommy Dorsey
Adam Crosby
Brad Bulger
Rebecca Koon
Veronica Lauren
Richie Dye
Scott Wilson
Alex Van
Mary Steenburgen
Piper Laurie
Ray Mckinnon
Jenjer Vick Robin
Rosa Tucker
J Michael Mcdougal
Nell Carter
Martha Elcan
Doris Roberts
Mia Kirshner
Sissy Spacek
Elizabeth Gilder
Boyd Gaines
Crew
John Alonzo
Bonnie Bartlett
Count Basie
Catherine Battistone
Robert Bergen
Joe Bishop
Martin Blasick
Martin Blasick
John Blosdale
Red Bone
Steven Brooksbank
Truman Capote
Craig S Clark
Craig S Clark
Richard Connor
Gary Coppola
Tim Crone
Jimmy Dale
Alex Daniels
James J Davis
James J Davis
John Davis
Tommy Dorsey
Charles Durning
Martha Elcan
Martha Elcan
Kirk Ellis
Kirk Ellis
Sammy Fain
Sue Fink
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Foch
Ira Gershwin
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
Michael Goodman
Michael Goodman
Chris Gorak
Chris Gorak
Shay Griffin
Bob Harper
Sally J Harper
Thomas Hastings
Mary Lynn Henry
Woody Herman
Woody Herman
Bridget Hoffman
Larry Hoki
David J Hudson
Ira Hurwitz
Stan Jolley
Irving Kahal
Mark Karen
Mike Kelley
Jerome Kern
Clark King
Joe Kraemer
Jenny Lax
Solomon Leflore
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Sidney Levin
Marilyn Madderom
Brick Mason
Brick Mason
Charles Matthau
Bob Matthews
Dan May
Craig Mccraw
Michael Mendelsohn
John Moio
Colin Mouat
Howard Nieman
Pierre Norman
C Timothy O'meara
Rebecca Ollinger
Mitchell Parish
Jeffrey Perkins
Bernice Petkere
Senia Phillips
Charles Pollard
Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov
Allan K Rosen
Tom W Ruff
Robert R Rutledge
Edgar Sampson
Deborah Savitt
Alan Schultz
Alan Schultz
Burton Sharp
Burton Sharp
Peter Siciliano
Stirling Silliphant
Stirling Silliphant
Mary Jo Slater
Lonnie Smith
Mary Steenburgen
Edward Steidele
Al Stillman
Sheila Stroup
Laura Summer
Laura Sutton
Paul Sylbert
Jerry Tokofsky
Kathleen Tonkin
Augustus M Toplady
Robert Vazquez
Patricia Von Arx
Eric Wall
Chick Webb
Marty Wekser
Diane De Louise Wessel
Katie Willard Troebs
Patrick Williams
John Winfield
Albert Wolsky
Leo Wood
Jeffrey Scott Yesko
Lisa Yesko
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 11, 1996
Limited Release in United States October 11, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 25, 1996
Released in United States on Video March 4, 1997
Released in United States September 1995
Released in United States October 1995
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 8-21, 1995.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 1995.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival (Opening Night) October 5-15, 1995.
Second full-length film for Charles Matthau who marked his feature directorial debut with "Doin' Time on Planet Earth" (USA/1988). Matthau is the son of Academy Award-winning actor Walter Matthau.
Completed shooting January 9, 1995.
Began shooting November 7, 1994.
Released in United States Fall October 11, 1996
Limited Release in United States October 11, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 25, 1996
Released in United States on Video March 4, 1997
Released in United States September 1995 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 8-21, 1995.)
Released in United States October 1995 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 18-22, 1995.)
Released in United States October 1995 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival (Opening Night) October 5-15, 1995.)
