Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film)
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean is a 1982 comedy-drama film and an adaptation of Ed Graczyk's 1976 play. The Broadway and screen versions were directed by Robert Altman, and stars Sandy Dennis, Cher, Mark Patton, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, and Kathy Bates.[5]
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | |
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Directed by | Robert Altman |
Screenplay by | Ed Graczyk |
Based on | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk |
Produced by | Scott Bushnell |
Starring | Sandy Dennis Cher Karen Black Sudie Bond Kathy Bates |
Cinematography | Pierre Mignot |
Edited by | Jason Rosenfield |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Cinecom International Films |
Release dates | |
Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $850,000[3] |
Box office | $2.3 million[4] |
As with the original play, the film takes place inside a small Woolworth's five-and-dime store in a small Texas town, where an all-female fan club for actor James Dean reunites in 1975.[6] According to a 2014 interview with playwright Ed Graczyk the setting of the play is actually an H. L. Kressmont & Co. Five and Dime.[7] Through a series of flashbacks, the six members also reveal secrets dating back to 1955.
Jimmy Dean was the first of several feature adaptations of plays by Altman in the 1980s, after the director's departure from Hollywood. It was screened at various film festivals in North America and Europe, and won the top prize at the 1982 Chicago International Film Festival. It was well received by critics, who praised Altman's direction and the performances by the female cast. This was the first release for New York–based independent outlet Cinecom Pictures, which Altman chose over a major studio "to guarantee a long play" in art house venues.