The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Soundtrack

Synopsis: Kelly and Evelyn Ryan live in Defiance, Ohio with their 10 children. At first glance their life seems idyllic; they call each other "Mother" and "Father" and seem to dote on the kids. But Kelly was a garage-band crooner whose voice was ruined in an auto accident. He's resigned to a dead-end factory job that barely pays the bills, and is given to fits of alcohol-induced rage. Evelyn, a stay-at-home wife and mother, deals with this abuse by appealing to her priest, who is no help at all. She deals with their poverty by entering the jingle contests that were the rage in the 50's and early 60's, even sending in multiple entries in the names of the children. She is very clever at it, winning more than her share of prizes, but her successes aren't enough to keep the wolf from the door. Further, they trigger Kelly's insecurities and he retreats deeper into the bottle, using food and mortgage money to support the habit. Can the loving, optimistic Evelyn hold the family together? Is she justifi
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Jane Anderson
Production: Dreamworks Distribution LLC
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
PG-13
Year:
2005
99 min
$440,994
Website
613 Views


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1Bye Bye Blues 
2Feet First 
3Hittin' the Road 
4I'm Sitting on Top of the World 
5Main Title 
6Rag Mop 
7Shopping Spree 
8Spilled Milk 
9The World is Waiting for the Sunrise 
10Tulips 
11We Won! 
12Wheel of Fortune 
13Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 

Jane Anderson

Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress-turned-award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. She has written and directed one feature film, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) and wrote the script for the Nicolas Cage film It Could Happen to You (1994). She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014). more…

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