Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart is a
1984 film which tells the story of a Southern widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man and an
African-American man. It stars
Sally Field,
Lindsay Crouse,
Ed Harris,
Amy Madigan,
John Malkovich and
Danny Glover.
The movie was written and directed by
Robert Benton, and filmed in the
Dallas, Texas (Waxahachie, Texas) area.
It won
Academy Awards for
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Sally Field) and
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated for
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (John Malkovich),
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lindsay Crouse),
Best Costume Design,
Best Director and
Best Picture.
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Sally's famously parodied 1985 Oscar acceptance speech "...you like me, right now, you like me!" |
When Sally Field reached the podium to accept her
Oscar in 1985, her second (the first was for
Norma Rae), she uttered the memorable, much-mocked line, "I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" It is often misremembered as, "You like me, you really like me!"
