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Winter's Bone is a 2010 American coming-of-age [4] drama film directed by Debra Granik.It was adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the 2006 novel by Daniel Woodrell.The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a poverty-stricken teenage girl named Ree Dolly in the rural Ozarks of Missouri who must locate her missing father to save her family from homelessness.
Winter's Bone was included in the Top Ten Best Films of 2010 categories by the American Film Institute and National Board of Review Awards, among others. At the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards, and Gotham Independent Film Awards, the cast of Winter's Bone was nominated for Best Ensemble. In total, the film has won 29 awards from 76 nominations.
Through a chance encounter at a singing party, Sisco was involved in the Oscar-nominated 2010 film Winter's Bone, based on the book by Daniel Woodrell. In the film's production she served as a musical consultant and singer, as well as appearing in the film as a singer. [11] Her scene in the film was written specifically to feature her singing. [12]
$2.99 at amazon.com. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Chronicles of Narnia are a classic of children's literature for a reason, but particularly fitting for our winter books reading list ...
Daniel Woodrell (born March 4, 1953) is an American novelist and short story writer, who has written nine novels, most of them set in the Missouri Ozarks, and one collection of short stories.
Oscar-nominated U.S. director Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”) will preside over the jury of the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons (Orizzonti) section dedicated to more cutting-edge works.
Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an American filmmaker. [1] [2] She is most known for 2004's Down to the Bone, which starred Vera Farmiga, 2010's Winter's Bone, which starred Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout performance and for which Granik was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, [3] and 2018's Leave No Trace, a film based on the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.