"The story of a woman slightly distracted by the possibilities of life." 25 November 1987 Drama, Comedy 116 mins
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
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Christine Lahti as Sylvie Fisher
Sara Walker as Ruth
Andrea Burchill as Lucille
Anne Pitoniak as Aunt Lily
Barbara Reese as Aunt Nona
Margot Pinvidic as Helen
Bill Smillie as Sheriff
Wayne Robson as Principal
Betty Phillips as Mrs. Jardine
Karen Elizabeth Austin as Mrs. Paterson
Dolores Drake as Mrs. Walker
Georgie Collins as Grandmother
Tonya Tanner as Young Ruth
Leah Penny as Young Lucille
Brian Linds as Deputy Sheriff
Clayton W. Okell as Boy on Cliff
Michael Gibbs Original Music Composer
Robert F. Colesberry Producer
Bill Forsyth Writer
Bill Forsyth Director
Marilynne Robinson Novel
Adrienne Atkinson Production Design
Margery Simkin Casting
Michael Ellis Editor
Lynne Carrow Casting
Pat Rambaut Script Supervisor
Michael Coulter Director of Photography
David Lewis Greensman
Sandy Cooper Makeup Artist
Mary-Jane Reyner Costume Design
John Willett Art Direction
Maurice Parkhurst Makeup Artist
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Trailer for Bill Forsyth's "Housekeeping" (1987) starring Christine Lahti.
Housekeeping (Bill Forsyth - EUA 1987) Info: + No Sala de Exibição: ...
From the 1987 gem of a movie "Housekeeping" directed by Bill Forsyth based on Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize nominated fiction novel published in 1980.
Utterly offbeat and quirky Bill Forsyth's funny and often touching film stars Christine Lahti as an eccentric aunt who comes out to the Pacific Northwest to live with ...
Great movie great book!
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1987:
14 May 1987
A story spanning three generations, from 1871 to 1945. When Gustav Wengler, a farmer’s son, returns from the Franco-German war in 1871, he goes to work for a precision mechanics and optical company, where he soon becomes a master craftsman.
26 July 1987
This Kaleidoscope documentary timed in with the release of Nicholas Reid’s book A Decade of New Zealand Cinema.
06 November 1987
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth.
08 January 1987
The film attempts to fill in the "missing years" of Jesus, from ages 3 through 12. When King Herod fearing that the Messiah has indeed been born, orders that all Hebrew male children under the age of three be slain, Joseph moves his family near Egypt.
11 March 1987
This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job.
12 June 1987
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
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Life After Death explores the ultimate unknown through the beliefs of various cultures. Hear what people have to say who have had near-death experiences.
01 July 1987
A high-school student and a drug pusher land in a nuclear-wasted river and come out zombies.
01 January 1987
The film narrates Datin Zaharah had two sons, Herman and Noni, studying in a college. Herman always concerned about her sister Noni.
17 May 1987
Ten years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group.
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