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Heres what the critics had to say about the bridges of madison county. That may explain the wonderful alchemy that occurred when director clint eastwood and screenwriter richard lagravenese adapted robert james wallers bestselling romance novel the bridges of madison county in 1995. Written in 1992 by novice midwestern writer robert james waller, the plot revolves around two lonely, middleaged peoplean iowan housewife and a worldly. The bridges of madison county by robert james waller. A behindthescenes look at the sitzprobe for the musical the bridges of madison county.
Bridges of madison county brings iowa to broadway the new. Music and lyrics by jason robert brown, book by marsha norman based on the novel by robert james waller directed by fred anzevino music directed by jeremy ramey. Theres an old truism that its easier to make a great movie from a mediocre book than to make even a good movie from a masterpiece. The bridges of madison county was originally published in the united kingdom titled love in black and white. Photographer robert kincaid clint eastwood wanders into the life of housewife francesca johnson meryl streep for four days in the 1960s.
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