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One True Thing

Year:

1998

Duration:

127 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

Director:

Carl Franklin

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-09-18

Filming Locations: Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Earnings

Budget: $30,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,606,455 (USA) (20 September 1998)

Gross: $23,209,440 (USA) (15 November 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Renée Zellweger

One True Thing

Meryl Streep

Kate Gulden

William Hurt

George Gulden

Tom Everett Scott

Brian Gulden

Lauren Graham

Jules

Nicky Katt

Jordan Belzer

James Eckhouse

District Attorney

Patrick Breen

G.A. Tweedy

Gerrit Graham

Oliver Most

David Byron

Senator Sullivan

Stephen Peabody

Harold

Lizbeth MacKay

Dr. Cohen

Mary Catherine Wright

Clarice

Sloane Shelton

Evelyn Best

Michele Shay

June

Bobo Lewis

Muriel

Marylouise Burke

Louisa

Marcia Jean Kurtz

Marcia

Diana Canova

Diana

John Deyle

Santa

Hallee Hirsh

Ellen - Age 8

Jeffrey Scaperrotta

Brian - Age 4

Todd Cerveris

Casey

Anna Carolina Alvim

Nurse Teresa (as Anna Alvim)

Julie Janney

Hospital Nurse

Susan Stout

Tweedy's Secretary

Greg Hedtke

Magazine Executive

Christian James

Magazine Executive

Lauren Toub

Halloween Girl

Ashley Remy

Halloween Girl

Saul Williams

Graduate Student (as Saul Stacey Williams)

Julianne Nicholson

College Student

Amber Kain

College Student

Yolande Bavan

Nari

Benjamin Andrews

Party Kid

Kathryn Walsh

Party Kid

James E. Graseck

Violinist

Doug Allen

Club Bandleader

Kirk Driscoll

Club Band Member

Paul Pimsler

Club Band Member

Scott Spray

Club Band Member

Jay Stollman

Club Band Member

Cathy Comiskey

Christmas Choir Member

Ruth Egner

Christmas Choir Member

Phil Gamble

Christmas Choir Member

David Hutchings

Christmas Choir Member

Linda Hutchings

Christmas Choir Member

Wilbur Lewis

Christmas Choir Member

Rich Morin

Christmas Choir Member

Annette Mulholland

Christmas Choir Member

Rosemary Palmer

Christmas Choir Member

Gina Piccolo

Christmas Choir Member

Rebecca Raines

Christmas Choir Member

Barbara Russell

Christmas Choir Member

Joanna Hoty Russell

Christmas Choir Member

Barbara Savino

Christmas Choir Member

Normana Schaaf

Christmas Choir Member

Paul Schroeder

Christmas Choir Member

Mary G. Sims

Christmas Choir Member

Wolodymyr Smishkewych

Christmas Choir Member

Chris Sterling

Christmas Choir Member

Nancy Tkacs

Christmas Choir Member

Peter Zimmerman

Christmas Choir Member (as Peter Zimmermann)

Ethan Aronoff

Princeton Student (uncredited)

Rachael Cohen

Girl Singing Carol (uncredited)

Bill Cook

Man on Escalator Next to Ellen Gulden (uncredited)

Michelle Crowe-Paz

College Student (uncredited)

Catherine Dudley-Rose

Teacher (uncredited)

David Heymann

Waiter (uncredited)

Jon McAllister

Business Man (uncredited)

George F. Miller

Passenger Getting on Bus (uncredited)

Frank Anthony Polito

Waiter (uncredited)

Tim Realbuto

Soccer Player (uncredited)

Leif Riddell

Neighbor (uncredited)

Ric Sechrest

Student Teacher (uncredited)

Nick Stellate

School Teacher (uncredited)

Bill J. Vlasnic

Police Officer (uncredited)

Heather Whittington

Businesswoman (uncredited)

Goofs

In one of the first flashback scenes, the Gulden family is driving in their car with the transmission lever plainly in the "Park" position.

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In the scene where Ellen is working at midnight and Harold calls, the scene is shown in reverse. The titles on the book spines and the notes on the board are backwards.

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In some birthday-party scenes, daylight is visible through some windows, and lighting on the staircase suggests daylight, although the action is supposed to be at night, and other windows show darkness outdoors.

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Quotes

Kate Gulden: Thank you for the world so sweet.Thank you for the food we eat.Thank you for the birds that sing.Thank you, God, for everything.

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George Gulden: Your mother needs you, Ellen! Jesus Christ, you got a Harvard education, but where is your heart?

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Kate Gulden: It's so much easier to be happy, my love. It's so much easier to choose to love the things that you have, and you have so much, instead of always yearning for what you're missing, or what it is you're imagining you're missing. It's so much more peaceful.

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