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Dolores Claiborne

A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.

Director

Taylor Hackford

Year

Genre

crime, drama, mystery

Box Office

$24,361,867

Production

Castle Rock Entertainment,Columbia Pictures

Awards

1 win & 8 nominations

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Dolores Claiborne

Selena St. George

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Vera Donovan

Detective John Mackey

Christopher Plummer

Joe St. George

David Strathairn

Peter

Constable Frank Stamshaw

Young Selena

Mr. Pease

Magistrate

Sammy Marchant

Secretary

Bartender

Searcher

Jack Donovan

Kid on Street

Kid on Street

Ferry Vendor (as Vernon Steele)

Young Selena (Age 5)

Taffara Jessica Stella Murray

Crying Girl

Detective Supervisor

Detective Supervisor (as Ed Rubin)

Sheriff

Sandy MacDonald

Moving Man

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Vera Donovan Dolores Claiborne Kid On Street Selena St. George Const. Frank Stamshaw Det. John Mackey Detective John Mackey Joe St. George

Husbands die every day - Dolores Claiborne

Husbands die every day

Kill anyone else today - Dolores Claiborne

Kill anyone else today

That is the last guy in the world you want to make an enemy out of - Dolores Claiborne

That is the last guy in the world you want to make an enemy...

Don't look to me - Dolores Claiborne

Don't look to me

There is no Arizona - Dolores Claiborne

There is no Arizona

Are ya gonna sit there and marinate in it - Dolores Claiborne

Are ya gonna sit there and marinate in it

Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto - Dolores Claiborne

Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold onto

Because in ten minutes - Dolores Claiborne

Because in ten minutes

Sometimes being a bitch is the only thing a woman has hold onto - Dolores Claiborne

Sometimes being a bitch is the only thing a woman has hold...

No, Dolores! - Dolores Claiborne

Please, Dolores. - Dolores Claiborne

Please, Dolores.

Oh, God. - Dolores Claiborne

So now you're not only not fucking me anymore you're fucking me - Dolores Claiborne

So now you're not only not fucking me anymore...

Fax? - Dolores Claiborne

What are you doing? - Dolores Claiborne

What are you doing?

My God. - Dolores Claiborne

You cut your hair. - Dolores Claiborne

You cut your hair.

I'm just.. - Dolores Claiborne

We'd like her to stay here for at least the next four days - Dolores Claiborne

We'd like her to stay here for at least the next four...

I'm sorry but I think it's for the best if you got some legal representation - Dolores Claiborne

I'm sorry but I think it's for the best if you got...

I'm just muzzy here,
trying to think of what to say. - Dolores Claiborne

I'm just muzzy here, trying to think of what to say.

Nice car. - Dolores Claiborne

I didn't kill her. - Dolores Claiborne

I didn't kill her.

I did not murder that bitch any more than I'm wearing a diamond tiara - Dolores Claiborne

I did not murder that bitch any more than I'm wearing a...

Spooky, ain't it? - Dolores Claiborne

Spooky, ain't it?

Friggin' little bastards. - Dolores Claiborne

Friggin' little bastards.

Selena. - Dolores Claiborne

You know what? I've got a game.
Do you know how to count by fives? - Dolores Claiborne

You know what? I've got a game. Do you know how to coun...

Where is she? Where did she go?
I can't find Selena anywhere. - Dolores Claiborne

Where is she? Where did she go? I can't find Selena any...

I'd leave it alone if I were you. - Dolores Claiborne

I'd leave it alone if I were you.

Oh, tough question, I guess. - Dolores Claiborne

Oh, tough question, I guess.

Daddy. - Dolores Claiborne

A big old smiley moon. - Dolores Claiborne

A big old smiley moon.

I hope you haven't been walkin' around
like that all day long. - Dolores Claiborne

I hope you haven't been walkin' around like that a...

Mom? - Dolores Claiborne

Stay tuned now for Walter Cronkite. - Dolores Claiborne

Stay tuned now for Walter Cronkite.

Damn it, that better not be one
of my mother's dishes. - Dolores Claiborne

Damn it, that better not be one of my mother's dishes.

Go on All I ask is that you do it quick - Dolores Claiborne

Go on All I ask is that you do it quick

That was one lesson he got the first time. - Dolores Claiborne

That was one lesson he got the first time.

I guess if you want to know
somebody's life.. - Dolores Claiborne

I guess if you want to know somebody's life..

I guess if you want to know somebody's life - Dolores Claiborne

I guess if you want to know somebody's life

That's what 22 years of Vera Donovan
will do to you. - Dolores Claiborne

That's what 22 years of Vera Donovan will do to you.

Mrs. Donovan, I promise
there won't be any boys. - Dolores Claiborne

Mrs. Donovan, I promise there won't be any boys.

But think what fun you'll have telling friends - Dolores Claiborne

But think what fun you'll have telling friends

Mildew was grounds for firing - Dolores Claiborne

Mildew was grounds for firing

Six pins Dolores - Dolores Claiborne

Six pins Dolores

Hell ain't something you get thrown into overnight - Dolores Claiborne

Hell ain't something you get thrown into overnight

A little morning walk - Dolores Claiborne

A little morning walk

Go on. - Dolores Claiborne

Anybody who accuses me of killing my husband go ahead and call me Dolores - Dolores Claiborne

Anybody who accuses me of killing my husband go ahead and...

Detective Mackey, you understand,
he's just doing his job. - Dolores Claiborne

Detective Mackey, you understand, he's just doing his j...

You sent that fax to my office.. - Dolores Claiborne

You sent that fax to my office..

You must have boyfriends - Dolores Claiborne

You must have boyfriends

Are you tellin' me there's nobody? - Dolores Claiborne

Are you tellin' me there's nobody?

I saw your father last night. - Dolores Claiborne

I saw your father last night.

Who is this? - Dolores Claiborne

It was a bad patch - Dolores Claiborne

It was a bad patch

Here! Over here! - Dolores Claiborne

Here! Over here!

Fuck! - Dolores Claiborne

Selena, let me take these from you here. - Dolores Claiborne

Selena, let me take these from you here.

John, is it all right if we go upstairs
and get her things? - Dolores Claiborne

John, is it all right if we go upstairs and get her things?

Dolores, is that it then? - Dolores Claiborne

Dolores, is that it then?

I read that. That's good stuff. - Dolores Claiborne

I read that. That's good stuff.

Jeezly crow - Dolores Claiborne

Now you listen to me Mister Grand High Poobah of Upper Butt Crack - Dolores Claiborne

Now you listen to me Mister Grand High Poobah of Upper Butt...

Get in the car, Mother. - Dolores Claiborne

Get in the car, Mother.

You had no idea she left you the money? - Dolores Claiborne

You had no idea she left you the money?

Car trouble? - Dolores Claiborne

Hell's bells. - Dolores Claiborne

You're poisoning me.. - Dolores Claiborne

You're poisoning me..

Don't we have a hair - Dolores Claiborne

Don't we have a hair

What the hell are you doing? - Dolores Claiborne

What the hell are you doing?

Why'd you do this Vera - Dolores Claiborne

Why'd you do this Vera

If you really want to help me.. - Dolores Claiborne

If you really want to help me..

You don't believe me, do you? - Dolores Claiborne

You don't believe me, do you?

I made a list of attorneys. - Dolores Claiborne

I made a list of attorneys.

We're gonna sit down at this table,
you and me.. - Dolores Claiborne

We're gonna sit down at this table, you and me..

And we're gonna have a drink - Dolores Claiborne

And we're gonna have a drink

Thanks a lot. - Dolores Claiborne

Mom, what are you doing here? - Dolores Claiborne

Mom, what are you doing here?

Beautiful, ain't it? - Dolores Claiborne

Beautiful, ain't it?

Say you're sorry again I'll kick your butt till you look like a hunchback - Dolores Claiborne

Say you're sorry again I'll kick your butt till...

It's 'cause I'm a woman, ain't it? - Dolores Claiborne

It's 'cause I'm a woman, ain't it?

Well.. - Dolores Claiborne

Mr. Pease.. - Dolores Claiborne

Did you see Dolores? - Dolores Claiborne

Did you see Dolores?

I insist all women who have hysterics in my drawing room - Dolores Claiborne

I insist all women who have hysterics in my drawing room

Don't try and stop me. - Dolores Claiborne

Don't try and stop me.

I don't want to be here when you talk
to Dad about your crazy ideas. - Dolores Claiborne

I don't want to be here when you talk to Dad about your...

For 12 hours sleep, you don't look so good. - Dolores Claiborne

For 12 hours sleep, you don't look so good.

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A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Taylor Hackford

Writer: Stephen King, Tony Gilroy

Production: Castle Rock Entertainment,Columbia Pictures

Genre: crime, drama, mystery

Year: 1995

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: $24,361,867

Released: 24 Mar 1995

Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations

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Also watch: The Good Journey, Family, Georgia, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, Riding the Bullet, The Mangler, Misery, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Big Driver, Brokedown Palace, Big Business, The Most Hated Woman in America, Village of the Damned, Diary of a Mad Black Woman