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Marie: A True Story

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Ousted parole-board chairwoman Marie Ragghianti (Sissy Spacek) blows the whistle on corruption in 1968 Tennessee.

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Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Aug 24
4/5
Watching Marie Ragghianti refuse to be silenced—while balancing the pain of family struggles and the dangers of political retaliation—remains compelling and relevant today. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 09/02/2024
3/4
No-frills filmmaking in the best sense. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Charles Y Nov 7 Something similar to Marie’s story happened to my Wife in her brief foray into politics. Physical threats with injuries, no one killed She got out in time. An important movie. C Y See more Steve D 03/07/2023 Fascinating, terrifying, powerful. See more Demetris A 10/10/2020 I was an extra in this movie. I don't believe these loaded star bank was my supporting cast!!!!!!! See more 10/07/2019 As a native Tennessean,, I remember when this happened, and I cheered when justice was done. The movie does as good a job as a movie can do in telling the story. I would have liked it better if it had included the corruption of Gov. Blanton who was sent to prison for his part in the corruption exposed, in part, by Marie Ragghianti. See more 11/03/2015 if u liked 'norma rae' you'll love this one too See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Roger Donaldson

Director

Sissy Spacek

Marie Ragghianti

Jeff Daniels

Eddie Sisk

Don Hood

Gov. Ray Blanton

Keith Szarabajka

Kevin McCormack

Morgan Freeman

Charles Traughber
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Movie Info

Synopsis Ousted parole-board chairwoman Marie Ragghianti (Sissy Spacek) blows the whistle on corruption in 1968 Tennessee.
Director
Roger Donaldson
Producer
Frank Capra Jr., Elliot Schick
Screenwriter
John Briley, Peter Maas
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co
Dino De Laurentiis Productions
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 17, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.9M
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Stereo