Jayne Mansfield's Car

– Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different fa..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 2 Minutes
Release Year:
2012
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)

Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions?

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Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) - Trailer

Release Date:

20 Aug 2013

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Billy Bob Thornton

Writer:

Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson

Main Actors:

Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton, Kevin Bacon

Plot:

A young man in the 1940s raises a family in Alabama after his wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves to England. When the wife dies, she leaves a request to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, and at that point the man hasn't seen her in nearly 30 years. The two families - her original family she abandoned and her English family - meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Gross profit:

$14,276

Production:

Anchor Bay Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
Metacritic:
48%