The Bridges of Madison County
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{{Infobox_Film
|name = The Bridges of Madison County
|image = B Madison County.jpg
|caption = DVD cover
|director = Clint Eastwood
|producer = Clint Eastwood
Kathleen Kennedy
|writer = Robert James Waller (novel)
Richard LaGravenese
|starring = Clint Eastwood
Meryl Streep
|music =
|cinematography = Jack N. Green
|editing = Joel Cox
|distributor = Warner Bros.
|released = June 2, 1995
|runtime = 135 min.
|language = English
|budget = $22,000,000 (estimated)
|imdb_id = 0112579
|}}
The Bridges of Madison County is a best-selling novel by Robert James Waller which tells the story of a lonely Italian war bride who engages in an adulterous affair with a National Geographic photographer who has come to Madison County, Iowa in order to create a photographic essay on the covered bridges in the area.
The Bridges of Madison County is one of the best selling novels in history with more than 60 million copies sold. It was made into a 1995 movie adapted by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Meryl Streep).
A parody of the novel, under the title The Washed-out Bridges of Madison County, ran in the Doonesbury comic strip.
See also
External links
- {{{2|{{{title|The Bridges of Madison County}}}}}} at The Internet Movie Database
- The Bridges of Madison County Fanlisting
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