Sadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Sadie wants to be a famous artist like her sister, but is always doing everything wrong. Her ... See full summary
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Sadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Sadie wants to be a famous artist like her sister, but is always doing everything wrong. Her desperate need to be accepted by her sister is constantly complicated by her drug and alcohol problems. Georgia lives a very ordered life with husband, house and children, and Sadie does everything to get her attention.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | - | Sadie Flood |
 | Mare Winningham | - | Georgia Flood |
 | Ted Levine | - | Jake |
 | Max Perlich | - | Axel Goldman |
 | John Doe | - | Bobby |
 | John C. Reilly | - | Herman |
 | Jimmy Witherspoon | - | Trucker |
 | Jason Carter | - | Chasman |
 | Tom Bower | - | Erwin Flood |
| Smokey Hormel | - | Leland |
| Jimmy Z. | - | Clay |
| Tony Marsico | - | Paul |
| Jamian Briar | - | Andrew Flood |
| Rachel Rasco | - | Mish Flood |
| Nicole Donahoo | - | Young Sadie Flood |
After The Silence of the Lambs (1991) became a resounding success in 1991, Ted Levine, who played a serial killer in the film, became typecast as a villain by casting directors. It was Jennifer Jason Leigh who convinced the director of this film that he could portray a stay-at-home dad supporting his wife. Levine says he is now forever grateful for Leigh's belief in his versatility.
The film is based on an actual incident that happened in the family of Jennifer Jason Leigh.
John Doe was cast in the film because Jennifer Jason Leigh is a fan of his band, X.
Screenwriter Barbara Turner is Jennifer Jason Leigh's mother.
Mare Winningham and Jennifer Jason Leigh have been longtime friends since meeting at a summer camp when they were both teenagers, in the late 1970's, but this is their first film together.
Mare Winningham plays a successful folk singer in the film. In reality, Winningham has a career as a singer as well, with four albums released as of 2016.
Sadie introduces the song she sings as a duet with Georgia, "If I Wanted", as "one of Georgia's songs". In reality, the song was first released by Mare Winningham on her debut album, "What Might Be", released in 1992.
Third and last film starring Mare Winningham and written by Barbara Turner. They had previously collaborated on the TV movies Freedom (1981) and Eye on the Sparrow (1987)
As of 2018, features Mare Winningham's only Oscar nominated performance.
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