Stars and Bars (1988 film)

Stars and Bars
File:Stars and Bars poster.jpg Home video release poster
Directed by	Pat O'Connor
Written by	William Boyd
Produced by	Sanford Lieberson
Starring	Daniel Day-Lewis
Cinematography	Jerzy Zieliński
Edited by	Michael Bradsell
Music by	Stanley Myers
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 18, 1988 (1988-03-18) (United States)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.5 million

Stars and Bars is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. It is based on William Boyd's 1984 book of the same name.

Premise

A British art expert, Henderson Dores, travels across the Southern United States in order to purchase a rare painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He comes across some crazy characters in the process.

Cast

• Daniel Day-Lewis as Henderson Dores
• Harry Dean Stanton as Loomis Gage
• Kent Broadhurst as Ben Sereno
• Maury Chaykin as Freeborn Gage
• Matthew Cowles as Beckman Gage
• Joan Cusack as Irene Stein
• Keith David as Eugene Teagarden
• Spalding Gray as Reverend T.J. Cardew
• Glenne Headly as Cora Gage
• Laurie Metcalf as Melissa
• Bill Moor as Edgar Beeby
• Deirdre O'Connell as Shanda Gage
• Will Patton as Duane Gage
• Martha Plimpton as Bryant
• Rockets Redglare as Peter Gint
• Beatrice Winde as Alma-May
• Steven Wright as Pruitt
• David Strathairn as Charlie

External links

• Stars and Bars at IMDb
• Stars and Bars at Rotten Tomatoes
• Stars and Bars at Box Office Mojo