Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Places In The Heart (1984)

Places In The Heart (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Try To Make A Good Impression

Denby (Lane Smith), whose bank holds her mortgage and who has counseled newly-widowed Edna (Sally Field) to sell, arrives with an unexpected proposition, and his brother-in-law (John Malkovich, his first scene), in depression-era Texas, in Robert Benton’s Places In The Heart, 1984.

Places In The Heart (1984) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Shoot You Myself

Texas, 1934, newly widowed Edna (Sally Field) visits her sister (Lindsay Crouse) sort of looking for work, then receives Moze (Danny Glover), an able farm hand who stole from her, and deputy Jack (Jerry Haynes) in Places In The Heart, 1984.

Places In The Heart (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Waxahachie, Texas, 1935

Director Robert Benton’s opening, shooting his original screenplay on location in his hometown, taking place three years after his birth, Sally Field in her Academy Award-winning role, Ray Baker her husband, a farmer and sheriff, and Devoreaux White as Wylie, in Places In The Heart, 1984.