The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Story of how a mother raised kids on twenty-five words or less.

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Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

Release Date: Friday, September 30, 2005

Director: Jane Anderson

Starring: Julianne Moore • Woody Harrelson • Laura Dern • Frank Chiesurin • Trevor Morgan

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Plot

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Plot: Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) is a devoted housewife and mother of ten in the 1950s. Her husband (Woody Harrelson) can't seem to make ends meet, but that doesn't stop the car from breaking down, the mortgage coming due and the bills from piling up. It falls to Evelyn to defy the conventions of the day and find a way to keep her family together with the odds stacked against them. Applying her remarkable resourcefulness and an uncommon wit, Evelyn finds her own way in the profitable jingle contests popular in the 1950s and ‘60s.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.

Julianne Moore
The Room Next Door, Crazy, Stupid, Love
Woody Harrelson
Last Breath, Project Artemis
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Laura Dern
The Founder, Trial by Fire
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Frank Chiesurin
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Trevor Morgan
Single Car Crashes, Mean Creek

Crew Behind the Film

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Director: Jane Anderson
Screenwriters: Terry Ryan
Jane Anderson
Producers: Jack Rapke
Steve Starkey
Robert Zemeckis

Studios: DreamWorks Studios
Production Company: ImageMovers; Revolution Studios

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Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic elements, some disturbing images and language
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Story of how a mother raised kids on twenty-five words or less.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio was released in on Friday, September 30, 2005. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Into the Blue, Roll Bounce and A History of Violence.

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