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One True Thing

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One True Thing
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarl Franklin
Written byKaren Croner
Based onOne True Thing
by Anna Quindlen
Produced byJesse Beaton
Leslie Morgan
Harry J. Ufland
William W. Wilson III
Starring
CinematographyDeclan Quinn
Edited byCarole Kravetz
Music byCliff Eidelman
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 18, 1998 (1998-09-18)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[1]
Box office$26.6 million[2]

One True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin. It tells the story of a woman in her 20s who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her mother, who is dying of cancer. The script was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna Quindlen, with the story being based on Quindlen's own struggle with the death of her mother, Prudence Pantano Quindlen, from ovarian cancer in 1972.[3]

The film stars Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, and Tom Everett Scott. Bette Midler sings the lead song, "My One True Friend", over the end credits. The track was first released on Midler's 1998 album Bathhouse Betty. The film was shot in Morristown, New Jersey[4] and Maplewood, New Jersey, as well as at the campus of Princeton University.

  1. ^ "One True Thing (1998) Financial Information". the-numbers.com. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "One True Thing". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  3. ^ Her Own True Thing accessed 7-15-2015 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Much of the shooting took place in Michael Aaron Rockland's house, something he mentions in passing in An American Diplomat in Franco's Spain, pg. 104

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