Article: PFEIFFER STRUGGLED TO BRING 'A THOUSAND ACRES' TO THE SCREEN

JOHN HORN
The Columbian
09-18-1997
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Duvall, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp and Gary Oldman never have performed in a movie together, but they're all part of a new Hollywood ensemble: High-profile actors who by hook or by crook personally shepherd difficult movies to the screen.
Pfeiffer's production company purchased film rights to Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres" and then helped guide the project through years of dead-ends and delays. It opens Friday.
Rejected by virtually everybody in town, Duvall spent $5 million of his own money to make "The Apostle," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Depp and Oldman made their writing-directing ...

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