The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Movie

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
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Run Time: 102 min
MPAA Rating: PG13
Released: 2008
Directors: Jodie Markell
Genre/Type: Drama
Romantic Drama
Period Film
Producers: Brad M. Gilbert
Plot Synopsis by Jason Buchanan
A rebellious socialite defies social conventions for a once-in-a-lifetime shot at true love, only to see her hopes for the future shattered after a priceless diamond vanishes into thin air in this romantic drama adapted from a long-lost Tennessee Williams screenplay. Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the debutant daughter of a wealthy Memphis plantation owner. She harbors a great distain for the narrow-minded elite who seem to worship the ground her father walks on, and takes great delight in shocking and insulting them whenever the opportunity to do so arises. Shortly after returning from studying overseas, Fisher is swept off her feet by lowly farmhand Jimmy Dobyne (Chris Evans), who works on her father's plantation. His father a hopeless alcoholic and his mother having long since lost her mental capacities, Jimmy seems destined to go nowhere in life until Fisher hires him as her escort for the lavish party season and attempts to pass him off as an upper-class suitor in order to placate her spinster aunt Cornelia (Ann-Margret), who's been placed in charge of the family fortune. When one of Cornelia's priceless diamonds suddenly goes missing, a storm of accusations and betrayals begins to brew, effectively threatening to destroy any hopes that Fisher and Jimmy may have had for a happy future together.

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Tells the story of Fisher Willow, the disliked 1920s Memphis débutante daughter of a plantation owner... See more » | Add synopsis »
I think, you know, it’s one of those [works] that talks about the plight of those who didn’t quite fit into society and didn’t know what to do instead of fitting in and, therefore, they’re kind of lost and trying to find their place and try...
The film is extremely faithful to the original screenplay. The characters, the dialogue, the story are all the same. I tried to find a way to make everything work that Williams wrote. But, of course, I had to make cuts in the shooting scrip...

Cast

Actors Character Born
Bryce Dallas Howard Fisher Willow
Chris Evans Jimmy Dobyne Jun 13, 1981 in Sudbury, MA
Ann-Margret Aunt Cornelia Apr 28, 1941 in Valsjobyn, Jamtland, Sweden
Will Patton Old Man Dobyne Jun 14, 1954 in Charleston, SC
Ellen Burstyn Miss Addie Dec 7, 1932 in Detroit, MI
Mamie Gummer Julie
Jessica Collins Vinnie Apr 1, 1971 in Schenectady, NY

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