Love Field

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Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, and Stephanie McFadden in Love Field (1992)

Devastated by President Kennedy's assassination, Dallas-based hairstylist Lurene Hallett boards a bus for the Washington funeral where she meets a perplexing father and his daughter who greatly impact her journey.

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Devastated by President Kennedy's assassination, Dallas-based hairstylist Lurene Hallett boards a bus for the funeral in Washington D.C. where she meets a perplexing father and his daughter ... Read allDevastated by President Kennedy's assassination, Dallas-based hairstylist Lurene Hallett boards a bus for the funeral in Washington D.C. where she meets a perplexing father and his daughter who greatly impact her journey.Devastated by President Kennedy's assassination, Dallas-based hairstylist Lurene Hallett boards a bus for the funeral in Washington D.C. where she meets a perplexing father and his daughter who greatly impact her journey.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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Love Field (1992) was shot in eastern North Carolina, in and around the towns of Wilson and Rocky Mount. A vacant textile mill in Wilson served as the film's production facility and studio. The production moved to Richmond, VA, where the streets near the state capital substituted for Dallas, TX, by day, and Washington, D.C. by night. A hanger at the Richmond International Airport was painted to look like Dallas Love Field airport in 1963. More than 100 period automobiles were used during filming.

Quotes
Paul Cater: I didn't GET this car, I stole it. That's a felony.
Lurene Hallett: Well, it shouldn't be if it can't go over 40!

Connections
Featured in The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993)

Soundtracks
Our Day Will Come
Written by Bob Hilliard and Mort Garson
Performed by Ruby & The Romantics
Courtesy of MCA Records

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8/10

Outstanding drama that deserves a wider audience.

Michelle Pfeiffer plays a middle-class 60s housewife who idolizes Jackie O. When JFK is assassinated, she leaves her husband and road trips to his funeral to show solidarity with her icon. Along the way she meets a black man (Dennis Haysbert) and his young daughter. She immediately befriends them but realizes they are hiding a secret. Soon she is swept up in their lives and finds herself on the run from the FBI.

This is the best performance I've ever seen by Pfeiffer. She is practically unrecognizable--her southern accent is perfect and her Jackie O-inspired look is classic. She adds a welcome dose of humor to a film that is often emotionally overwhelming. The movie alternates between adorable and disturbing, but never gets too extreme either way. The plot gets a bit contrived at times, but the movie serves to question the comfort of routine middle-class existence, so it works. I am surprised this is not a well-known film. It is one of the best ones I've seen from the early 90s.

My Rating: 8/10.