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Adapted Long Form | 1998 | Anne
Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week | 1997 | Linda
Outstanding Achievement in Movies Miniseries and Specials | 1997
Television DramaTelevision Feature | 1997 | Anjelica
Best Performance in a TV MovieMiniSeries Young Actress | 1997 | Jena
Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special | 1997 | Linda
Outstanding Made for Television Movie | 1997 | Gary
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | 1997 | Glenne
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special | 1997 | Anjelica
Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 1997 | Anne
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 1997 | Anjelica
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 1997 | Laura
Best Music in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 1997 | Van Dyke
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Made For TV Movie | 1997 | Jena
Best Debut Performance | 1997 | Jena
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials | 1997 | Anjelica
Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | 1997 | Jena
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | 1997 | Jena
1996 | Anjelica
Ron Eldard spent a lot of time playing sports with Jena Malone so they would both feel comfortable performing the scenes in which he is physically abusing her. He claimed that in no scene did inappropriate contact with Malone take place, and that for scenes in which he appears to grab her by the throat, he is actually only holding her by his fingertips. Eldard was adamant that the graphic depiction of sexual abuse and rape was a necessity for the film.
Directorial debut of Anjelica Huston.
The climactic scene where Mrs. Anney Boatwright saves Ruth ("Bone"), from rape- and possible murder; only to stop and hug her boyfriend Glen, the perpetrator, afterwards, is much more harrowing in the book. The movie almost downplays what happens in the book. In the book Anney and Glenn wind up embracing, and then Bone screams out into the air that her mother is hugging her rapist. And then at the ending Ruth says "I don't care who, I just want someone to die". All of this is considerably softened for the movie. Anney's caressing of Glen doesn't seem as horrifying when you watch it in the movie: Bone does not scream; and she doesn't even seem that angry at the ending.
Originally produced for Turner Network Television, the network ultimately rejected it due to scenes of sexual abuse. It was subsequently picked up by the Showtime channel.
Anjelica Huston described Jena Malone's audition as "seamless" and has said that casting her for the part of Bone was extremely easy. According to Huston, Malone was the "third child to walk through [her] door" and she immediately knew Malone was it.
"Glen Waddell: It's my one day off, and you gotta tear around here? Now just, just cool it, kid. You're a girl, not a racehorse. Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright: [mimicking him] You're a girl, not a racehorse. Glen Waddell: You little bitch! You little bitch! Come here!"
"Doctor: How'd she break her coccyx? Anney Boatwright: Her what? Doctor: Her tailbone, lady! Her ass! What you been hitting' this child with, or maybe you just been throwin' her up against the damn wall! Anney Boatwright: What are you sayin'? What are you sayin'? Doctor: [to Bone] Do you wanna talk about it, honey? How 'bout we ask your mama to leave, and then, maybe you can tell me what happened, okay? Anney Boatwright: Let me have my girl! Doctor: This child's been beaten! This child's been beaten, and I'm gonna call the authorities!"
