Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jane Anderson
Julianne Moore
Woody Harrelson
Laura Dern
Susan Merson
David Gardener
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Synopsis
Evelyn Ryan was a devoted mother and housewife who used her self-described "knack for words" to keep her struggling family afloat. In the 1950s and '60s, housewives across the country used their wits to win thousands of dollars in cash and prizes in jingle contests staged by corporations to promote their products. But of all the "jingle-belles" vying for supremacy, none out-rhymed Evelyn Ryan, whose creative resources usually corresponded directly to her family's needs--and with ten kids and an alcoholic husband, those needs were numerous and unending. Applying her remarkable ingenuity and an uncommon wit, Evelyn found the way to keep her family together, despite the enormous odds stacked against them.
Director
Jane Anderson
Cast
Julianne Moore
Woody Harrelson
Laura Dern
Susan Merson
David Gardener
Trevor Morgan
Ellary Porterfield
Frank Chiesurin
Erik Knudsen
Simon Reynolds
Crew
Jane Anderson
Hala Bahmet
John Brace
Whitney Brown
Bruce Carwardine
Penny Charter
David Coatsworth
Robert Dalva
Sheena Duggal
Marty Ewing
Marty Ewing
James Fraser
Jonathan Freeman
John C Frizzell
Libby Hodgson
Brian Kirk
Janet Lonsdale
Linda Lowy
Martin Malivoire
Edward T. Mcavoy
Branko Racki
Jack Rapke
Terry Ryan
Michael R. Shocrylas
Robert Shoup
Steve Starkey
Andrew Stearn
Clive Thomasson
Amy Wright
Robert Zemeckis
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Limited Release in United States September 30, 2005
Released in United States on Video March 14, 2006
Based on the novel "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less" written by Terry Ryan; published by Simon & Schuster April 9, 2002.
Feature directorial debut for Jane Anderson.
Limited Release in United States September 30, 2005
Released in United States on Video March 14, 2006
