The Grass Harp (1996)
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.
Director:
Charles Matthau
Writers:
Stirling Silliphant, Kirk Ellis.
![]() |
Joe Don Baker as Sheriff Junius Candle |
![]() |
Bonnie Bartlett as Mrs. Buster |
![]() |
Nell Carter as Catherine Creek |
![]() |
Charles Durning as Reverend Buster |
![]() |
Sean Patrick Flanery as Riley Henderson |
![]() |
Grayson Fricke as Young Collin |
![]() |
Edward Furlong as Collin Fenwick |
![]() |
Mia Kirshner as Maude Riordan |
![]() |
Piper Laurie as Dolly Talbo |
![]() |
Jack Lemmon as Dr. Morris Ritz |
![]() |
Walter Matthau as Judge Charlie Cool |
![]() |
Roddy McDowall as Amos Legrand |
![]() |
Sissy Spacek as Verena Talbo |
![]() |
Mary Steenburgen as Sister Ida |
![]() |
Scott Wilson as Eugene Fenwick |
![]() |
Adam Crosby as Little Homer Honey |
![]() |
Doris Roberts as Mrs. Richards |
![]() |
Nora Dunfee as Mrs. Peters |
![]() |
Ray McKinnon as Charlie Cool Jr |
![]() |
Veronica Lauren as Young Maude |
![]() |
Danny Nelson as Doc Carter |
![]() |
Rebecca Koon as Macy Wheeler |
![]() |
Michele Bauer as Martha Cool |
![]() |
Charles Matthau as Barbershop Regular |
![]() |
Alex Van as Big Eddie Stover |
![]() |
Emilie Jacobs as Elizabeth Henderson |
![]() |
Marc McPherson as Hotel Manager |
![]() |
Elizabeth Gilder as Snot Nose Date |
![]() |
Brad Bulger as Date |
![]() |
Martha M. Elcan as Cheap Customer |
![]() |
Richie Dye as Jack Mill |
![]() |
James Michael McDougal as Ray Oliver |
![]() |
Rosa Tucker as Texaco |
![]() |
Jenjer Vick Robin as Mamie Curtis |
![]() |
Margaret Scarborough as Flo Johnson |
![]() |
Boyd Gaines as Narrator |
| Directing | Charles Matthau | Director |
| Writing | Stirling Silliphant | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kirk Ellis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Truman Capote | Novel |
| Production | Charles Matthau | Producer |
| Production | Jerry Tokofsky | Producer |
| Production | James T. Davis | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Designer |
| Production | Mary Jo Slater | Casting |
| Production | Steve Brooksbank | Casting |
| Production | Shay Bentley Griffin | Casting |
| Sound | Patrick Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Editing | Carroll Timothy O'Meara | Editor |
| Art | Paul Sylbert | Production Design |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Production | John Winfield | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Mendelsohn | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kirk Ellis | Co-Producer |
| Production | Stirling Silliphant | Co-Producer |
| Production | John Davis | Producer |
| Production | James T. Davis | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Eric Wall | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Diane DeLouise Wessel | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Lisa Yesko | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Martha M. Elcan | First Assistant Director |
| Production | John Blosdale | Associate Producer |
| Production | Richard Connor | Associate Producer |
| Production | Martha M. Elcan | Associate Producer |
| Production | Brick Mason | Associate Producer |
| Production | Laura Sutton | Associate Producer |
| Production | Amy Labowitz | Production Executive |
| Production | Carla Fry | Production Executive |
| Production | Debbie Savitt | Casting Associate |
| Production | Mary Lynn Henry | Local Casting |
| Production | Linda Christman | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Octavia Spencer | Extras Casting |
| Production | Craig A. McCraw | Location Manager |
| Production | Rebecca Ollinger | Location Manager |
| Production | Katie Willard Troebs | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Brie San Martino | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Ira Hurvitz | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Mark Karen | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Gregory W. Smith | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jorge Sánchez | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Rodney Sandoval | Camera Loader |
| Lighting | Richard Alarian | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Steven A. Hughes | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Gary A. Beaird Jr. | Key Grip |
| Camera | Joseph Dianda | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Jesse Chavez | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Michael Stewart Maahs | Grip |
| Camera | Nick Arnds | Grip |
| Camera | Gary Oldknow | Grip |
| Art | Chris Gorak | Art Direction |
| Art | Stan Jolley | Art Direction |
| Art | Chris Gorak | Set Designer |
| Art | Daniel Loren May | Set Decoration |
| Art | Glenn Fendley | Set Dresser |
| Art | Gary Oldknow | Set Dresser |
| Art | Brick Mason | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Elizabeth Meyerson | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Richard Baum | Property Master |
| Art | Alice Persons | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Kristina Kilpe | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Kowarsh | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Q. Mathews | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Lax | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amanda Zenil | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan MacLaren | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia K. Armagast | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Harper | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sally J. Harper | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lee Ann Brittenham | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Harper Dillard | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Troy | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Melazzo | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Clark King | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Bill King | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Merie Weismiller Wallace | Still Photographer |
| Crew | John Moio | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Lonnie Smith | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Robert Vazquez | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Kathleen Tonkin | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gary Pilkington | Special Effects Assistant |
| Editing | Joseph Jett Sally | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Sam Citron | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ewa Zbroniec | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jeremy Milton | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Craig Clark | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Allan Schultz | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Craig Clark | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Mike Goodman | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Allan Schultz | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Howard Neiman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Colin C. Mouat | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Joe Kraemer | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mike Goodman | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Mark Relyea | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Joy Ealy | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Tom Ruff | ADR Engineer |
| Sound | Gary Coppola | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Edward Steidele | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Robert R. Rutledge | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Allan K. Rosen | Music Editor |
| Sound | Patty von Arx | Music Editor |
| Sound | Jeffrey Perkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David J. Hudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Larry Hoki | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Nadia Venesse | Dialect Coach |