The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994)
The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, and the view from her window is better than any daytime television soap opera; especially Beal Bean, and especially Beal Bean shirtless. When Reuben Bean is sent to prison for resisting arrest for out-of-season deer hunting, Beal takes up with Reuben's woman Roberta. He also has a child by Earlene, with a triangle of sex complicated by poverty.
Director: Jennifer Warren
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Martha Plimpton as Earlene Pomerleau |
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Kelly Lynch as Roberta Bean |
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Rutger Hauer as Rueben Bean |
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Patrick McGaw as Beal Bean |
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Jennifer Warren as Cop #1 |
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Jeff Steitzer as Warren Olsen |
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Richard Sanders as |
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Lance Robinson as |
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Ariana Lamon-Anderson as |
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Michael MacRae as |
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James Gervasi as |
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Sue Ann Gilfillan as |
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Susanna Burney as |
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Marjorie Nelson as |
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Jim Chiros as |
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Gary Taylor as |
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Paul Hostetler as |
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Dennis Bateman as |
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Michael Patten as |
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Wren Walker as |
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Therese Tinling as |
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Jeff Steitzer as |
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Cazzeri Upton as |
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Jennifer Warren as |
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Sharon Galloway as |
| Directing | Jennifer Warren | Director |
| Writing | Carolyn Chute | Writer |
| Camera | Stevan Larner | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Peter Manning Robinson | Original Music Composer |