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Article: 'STONE ANGEL' TAKES A MOVING ROAD TRIP.(LA.COM)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- July 11, 2008
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Byline: Evan Henerson
Staff Writer
When they reach a certain age, well-regarded actresses seem to be awarded their "Trip to Bountiful" moment (following Geraldine Page in her 1985 Oscar winning role). Why should Ellen Burstyn (already an Oscar winner) deserve any less?
Actually she deserves more.
Yes, that's our Ellen underneath all those lines, wrinkles and sorrow playing a Canadian live wire who refuses to shuffle meekly into a nursing home once her none-too-devoted progeny say it's time. Instead, her Hagar Curie Shipley hops a bus while her broken mind retreats into the past.
The film is "The Stone Angel," an adaptation of ...