Stars and Bars (1988 film)

1988 film by Pat O'Connor

Stars and Bars

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Directed by| Pat O'Connor
Written by| William Boyd
Produced by| Sanford Lieberson
Starring|

* Daniel Day-Lewis
* Harry Dean Stanton
* Maury Chaykin
* Joan Cusack
* Keith David
* Spalding Gray
* Glenne Headly
* Laurie Metcalf
* Deirdre O'Connell
* Will Patton
* Martha Plimpton
* Steven Wright

Cinematography| Jerzy Zieliński
Edited by| Michael Bradsell
Music by| Stanley Myers
Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* March 18, 1988 (1988-03-18) (United States)

Running time

| 91 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $7.5 million[1]

Stars and Bars is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. It is based on William Boyd's 1984 book of the same name.

## Premise

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A British art expert, Henderson Dores, travels to Georgia in the United States in order to purchase a rare painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He comes across some crazy characters in the process.

## Cast

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* Daniel Day-Lewis as Henderson Dores
* Harry Dean Stanton as Loomis Gage
* Kent Broadhurst as Ben Sereno
* Maury Chaykin as Freeborn Gage
* Matthew Cowles as Beckman Gage
* Joan Cusack as Irene Stein
* Keith David as Eugene Teagarden
* Spalding Gray as Reverend T.J. Cardew
* Glenne Headly as Cora Gage
* Laurie Metcalf as Melissa
* Bill Moor as Edgar Beeby
* Deirdre O'Connell as Shanda Gage
* Will Patton as Duane Gage
* Martha Plimpton as Bryant
* Rockets Redglare as Peter Gint
* Beatrice Winde as Alma-May
* Steven Wright as Pruitt
* David Strathairn as Charlie

## References

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1. ^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

## External links

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* Stars and Bars at IMDb
* Stars and Bars at Rotten Tomatoes
* Stars and Bars at Box Office Mojo

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Films directed by Pat O'Connor

* The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
* Cal (1984)
* A Month in the Country (1987)
* Stars and Bars (1988)
* The January Man (1989)
* Fools of Fortune (1990)
* Zelda (1993)
* Circle of Friends (1995)
* Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
* Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
* Sweet November (2001)
* Private Peaceful (2012)

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Works by William Boyd

Novels|

* A Good Man in Africa (1981)
* An Ice-Cream War (1982)
* Stars and Bars (1984)
* The New Confessions (1987)
* Brazzaville Beach (1990)
* The Blue Afternoon (1993)
* Armadillo (1998)
* Nat Tate (1998)
* Any Human Heart (2002)
* Restless (2006)
* Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009)
* Waiting for Sunrise (2012)
* Solo (2013)
* Sweet Caress (2015)
* Love is Blind (2018)
* Trio (2020)
* The Romantic (2022)
* Gabriel's Moon (2024)

Short story collections|

* On the Yankee Station (1981)
* The Destiny of Nathalie 'X' (1995)
* Fascination (2004)
* The Dream Lover (2008)
* The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth (2017)

Screenplays|

* Good and Bad at Games (1983)
* Dutch Girls (1985)
* Scoop (1987)
* Stars and Bars (1988)
* Mister Johnson (1990)
* Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
* Chaplin (1992)
* A Good Man in Africa (1994)
* The Trench (1999)
* Sword of Honour (2001)
* Armadillo (2001)
* A Waste of Shame (2005)
* Man to Man (2005)
* Any Human Heart (2010)
* Restless (2012)

Plays|

* Longing (2013)
* The Argument (2016)

Non-fiction|

* Protobiography (1998)
* Bamboo (2005)

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