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updated: 07/07/2004
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disfiguring makeups: A Thousand Acres

A modern-day re-interpretation of King Lear featuring Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jennifer Jason Leigh must have seemed like a good idea: I mean what could go wrong? I guess the answer is you can still produce a lousy movie from a great premise and a brilliant cast.

Rose Cook Lewis (Michelle Pfeiffer) has had breast cancer and is seen having her breast examined after a mastectomy.

Rick Baker was responsible for the prosthetic makeup; Ronnie Specter was Michelle Pfeiffer’s makeup artist on the movie.