Jul 31, 2017 outtake from house of cards 1993 could only find this in a spanish dubbed version, but the dialogue is not so important in this clip. In house of cards, kathleen turners young daughter becomes withdrawn and stops speaking, forcing turner to overcome her inbuilt denial that the little girl needs help. Mainly i love kathleen turner in one of here best roles ever. It is very informative, and it shows what a parent can go through. House of cards 1993 a recent widow kathleen turner refuses to accept a psychiatrists tommy lee jones diagnosis of her 6yearold daughters asha menina behavior. Kathleen turner stars as the widowed parent ruth matthews to six yearold sally and her older brother michael. The story begins in mexico, where a little girl named sally matthews asha. In the end, the mother, played by kathleen turner, follows her instinct and builds a tower based on the design of sallys house of cards.
House of cards 1993 kathleen turner, tommy lee jones and. Rent house of cards 1993 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. She plays a talented architect and single mother tying to balance her passion for her work. Kathleen turner, and her brother michael shiloh strong return home to north. In this you will see that sally is very interested in her lineup of stackers common in autism and she has mastered indefinitely the mirror. Esther rolle, kathleen turner, tommy lee jones, asha menina, shiloh strong, official content from live home video a distraught mother. Kathleen turner, tommy lee jones and esther rolle were hanging out by shaded steps that led into a lowlying, wooded park between. Movie, house of cards movie,house of cards trailer,house of cards 1992, michael lessac,esther rolle, kathleen turner, tommy lee jones. In michael lessacs lugubrious house of cards, womens intuition beats out psychology in the battle against autism. What i like about the movie is the different levels of autism that is displayed in children. Vintage photo 1992 house of cards tommy lee jones kathleen. Do yourself a favor house of cards jonathan rosenbaum. With kathleen turner, tommy lee jones, asha menina, shiloh strong.
View photos from house of cards, red carpet photos, and more at. The story was interesting but failed on so many levels and left viewer not sure what was reality and fantasy, and why autism was even suggested. Though she came to prominence in the 1980s, kathleen turner, with her blend of raw sexuality, beauty, intelligence, and drive, could give golden agesirens like performerp72175lana turnerlanaturner and performerp25893ava. Kathleen turner was born june 19, 1954 in springfield, missouri, to patsy magee and allen richard turner, a u. Kathleen turner, tommy lee jones, park overall, asha menina, shiloh strong, esther rolle, michael horse, anne pitoniak directed by. Kathleen turner was not present at the awards ceremony.
The films producer john foreman accepted the award on her behalf. The film premiered at the 1993 sundance film festival before being acquired by miramax films for distribution in june of the same year. To help the mourning family make a fresh start, ruth matthew. House of cards is a 1993 drama directed by michael lessac. They are somewhere in mexico preparing to return home to north carolina after a three year absence. House of cards poster 27 x 40 inches 69cm x 102cm 1992 reproduction poster print cast. In the film, the matthews family has been devastated by a tragic death. When sally, her mother ruth kathleen turner, and her brother michael shiloh strong return home to north carolina, sally begins to retreat into autism. Asha menina in house of cards 1993 kathleen turner and asha menina in house of cards 1993.
House of cards is a 1993 american drama film cowritten and directed by michael lessac and starring kathleen turner and tommy lee jones. Mary kathleen turner born june 19, 1954, better known as kathleen turner, is an american film and stage actress and director. It follows the struggle of a mother to reconnect with her daughter who has been traumatized by the death of her father. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast. House of cards by michael lessac kathleen turner, tommy. Kathleen turner stridently overplays as a widowed architect too selfabsorbed to see that her 6yearold daughter the spookily placid asha menina is withdrawing into a.
Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. House of cards wollte ich schon lang in meiner sammlung haben. Far too often turner and jones are required to fall back upon their moviestar charisma in participating in a verbal pingpong match that threatens to lower house of cards to the level of. Apr 23, 2012 house of cards 1993 kathleen turner, tommy lee jones and. The synopsis is so absurd it would also seem to be unproduceable, but, no, it has actually been made. In house of cards, kathleen turner s young daughter becomes withdrawn and stops speaking, forcing turner to overcome her inbuilt denial that the little girl needs help. Though she came to prominence in the 1980s, kathleen turner, with her blend of raw sexuality, beauty, intelligence, and drive, could give golden agesirens like performerp72175lana turner lanaturner and performerp25893ava. A widow tries to find out why her daughters strange behavior, a reaction to the death of her father, is progressively worsening. Mary kathleen turner born june 19, 1954 is an american film and stage actress and director. Kathleen turner celebrity profile check out the latest kathleen turner photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
She graduated from american school in london in 1972. Kathleen turner full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The scene when the girl hides in a tree is worth the whole show as well as the incredible structure turners character builds to save her daughter. Awesome camouflage from house of cards 1993 spanish. Rent house of cards 1993 starring kathleen turner and tommy lee jones on dvd and bluray. Released 1993, house of cards stars kathleen turner, tommy lee jones, asha menina, shiloh strong the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.
House of cards 1993 stream and watch online moviefone. The story centers around a little girl who stops talking after her father is killed accidentally during an archeological dig in mexico. As sallys condition worsens, ruth takes her to see. Films of ideas whether theyre mainstream or art movies are far from.
Then the plot of the movie is a thought fascination. House of cards to play the king the final cut ian richardson. Oct 16, 2008 this is to help my readers more through the clips. Apr 12, 2008 house of cards 1993 directed by michael lessac. Jonathan sanger, lianne halfon, michael lessac, robert jay litz.
When ruth matthewss husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter sally handles her fathers death in a very odd manner. After the death of her father, the turner family moved back to the united states where kathleen later enrolled at missouri state university for two years. Kathleen turner list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Sally asha menina and her mother kathleen turner return to america, where sally begins to exhibit symptoms of autism. The story begins in mexico, where a little girl named sally matthews asha menina lives with her parents, scientists studying ancient ruins. House of cards, tommy lee jones, kathleen turner, 1993, cmiramax. House of cards by michael lessac kathleen turner, tommy lee.
Known for her distinctive gritty voice, turner has won two golden globe awards and has been nominated for an academy award. No one connects the fact that sallys structure ended with a major arcana tarot card, the moon, and that the tower appears to be directly under the moon, as in the card. Best performance by an actress in a motion picture comedy or musical romancing the stone 1984. Michael lessac 1993 when ruth matthews kathleen turner realizes that her young daughter asha menina has broken with reality as a result of autism, ruth teams up with a psychiatrist tommy lee jones in an effort to come up with an unconventional approach after all conventional treatments fail to get through to the. I wasnt sure if was going to like it or not but i popped it into the old proverbial video cassette player and it started to play. House of cards mastered mirrornew challenges youtube. Architect ruth matthews kathleen turner, with her adolescent son michael. The daughter must come to grips with the tragic death of her father, and falls into autism along the way the fascination of the movie is kathleen turners plays the mother way of reaching the daughter.
Kathleen turner stridently overplays as a widowed architect too selfabsorbed to see that her 6yearold daughter the spookily placid asha. Turner rose to fame during the 1980s, after roles in body heat 1981, the man with two brains. House of cards 1992 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It is not interesting, intelligent, plausible, thoughtprovoking, entertaining or necessary. If you want to see acting in a void, watch tommy lee jones scenes very closely. Known for her distinctive gritty voice, turner has won two golden globe awards and has been nominated for an academy award turner rose to fame during the 1980s, after roles in body heat 1981, the man with two brains 1983, crimes of passion 1984, romancing the stone 1984, and prizzis honor. She plays a talented architect and single mother tying to balance her. Kathleen turner plays a mother and asha menina is her endearing daughter with a medical mystery in house of cards. Directed by 25 writing credits 22 cast 1,478 produced by 51 music by 1 cinematography by 8 film editing.
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