Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 02/15/2000
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 118 Minutes
Flags: Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Miramax

An unflinching drama of frustrated ambition and troubled siblings, Georgia examines the relationship between a self-destructive, would-be rock singer and her sister, a successful folk musician. Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is the younger, more troubled sister, a wild child with a taste for reckless behavior, from her dangerous romances to her attachments to drugs and alcohol. Hopping between low-rent clubs, Sadie struggles to make it from gig to gig, delivering rawly emotional performances that lack technical skill. Her repeated career failures drive her further into addiction, sending her life into a downward spiral. Ultimately, she is forced to seek help from her sister Georgia (Mare Winningham), who is everything Sadie is not: married, financially secure, and blessed with a smooth voice that has won her popular success. A clash of seemingly opposite personalities follows, as Georgia attempts to help Sadie without becoming damaged herself.

~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Sadie
Mare Winningham - Georgia
Ted Levine - Jake
Max Perlich - Axel
John Doe -
John C. Reilly - Herman

Production:
Ulu Grosbard - Director
Jennifer Jason Leigh Barbara Turner Ulu Grosbard - Producer
Norman Gimbel Steven Soles - Composer
Elizabeth Kling - Editor
Barbara Turner - Screen Writer
Crista Schneider - Set Designer
Rondi Tucker - Art Director
Kira Smith - Boom Operator
David Frederick - Camera Operator
Ed Ewing - Camera Operator
Lulu Gargiulio - Camera Operator
Peter K. Anderson - Camera Operator
Jodi Rothfield - Casting
Katie Ryan - Casting
Renee Rousselot - Casting
Jan Kiesser - Cinematographer
Alun Vick - Construction Coordinator
Carol Oditz - Costume Designer
Fred Rosenberg - Dialogue Editor
Ben Barenholtz - Executive Producer
Tina Kerr - Extra Casting
Craig Huston - First Assistant Director
Lori Guidroz - Hair Styles
Amanda DiGuilio - Line Producer
Micheline Trepanier - Makeup
Steven Soles - Music Producer
Mark Weingarten - Musical Direction/Supervision
Lemore Syvan - Post Production Supervisor
Mark Botvinick - Production Assistant
Lester Cohen - Production Designer
Mark Weingarten - Production Sound Mixer
Melissa Matthies - Properties Master
Lee Dichter - Re-Recording Mixer
Steven E. Eyrse - Scenic Artist
Lou Ann Quast - Script Supervisor
Lynn Wegenka - Second Assistant Director
Elisa Sansalone - Second Second Assistant Director
George M. Abeyta - Set Dresser
Mary Seibert - Set Dresser
Robert A. Neer - Set Dresser
Steven Soles - Songwriter
Don Dumas - Special Effects
Kirk R. Gardner - Steadicam Operator
Skip Lievsay - Supervising Sound Editor
Amanda DiGuilio - Unit Production Manager
Meg McHutchison - Location Manager

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1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie

1995 National Society of Film Critics

1995 New York Film Critics Circle

1995 Screen Actors Guild

1995 Independent Spirit Awards