The Patron Saint of Liars
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The Patron Saint of Liars is a 1998 drama television film based on the novel of the same name by Ann Patchett. It tells the story of Rose Abbot, a young woman who abandons her life in California with her husband after finding out she is pregnant. She chooses a home for unwed mothers in Kentucky as her escape, hoping to give her child up for adoption and start over. The film stars Dana Delany, Ellen Burstyn and Clancy Brown. It premiered on April 5, 1998, on CBS.

Cast

  • Dana Delany as Rose Cleardon Abbott
  • Ellen Burstyn as June Clatterbuck
  • Clancy Brown as Son
  • Sada Thompson as Sister Evangeline
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lorraine Thomas
  • Jill Gascoine as Mother Corrine
  • Lisa Rieffel as Beatrice
  • Marissa Ribisi as Angie
  • Debra Christofferson as Sister Bernadette

Year 1998
ReleaseDate 1998-04-05
RuntimeMins 100
RuntimeStr 1h 40min
Plot A woman runs away from her husband when she discovers she is pregnant, going to a Catholic school for girls, where she meets and marries another man, who raises the child as his own. Meanwhile, the first husband spends 15 years se…
Directors Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writers Ann Patchett, Lynn Roth
Stars Dana Delany, Sada Thompson, Clancy Brown
Produced by Stephen Gyllenhaal,Kenneth Kaufman,Ann Kindberg,Lynn Roth,Ed Solorzano
Music by Daniel Licht
Cinematography by Greg Gardiner
Film Editing by Brent White
Casting By Junie Lowry-Johnson,Ron Surma
Production Design by William Strom
Art Direction by C. Daniel Hall
Set Decoration by Summer Eubanks
Makeup Department Starr Jones,Stephen Kelley
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Scott Printz,Daniel R. Suhart
Art Department Gillian Albinski,Patrick O Kelly
Sound Department Tim Chilton,Bob Costanza,David C. Eichhorn,Tommy Goodwin,Steven R. Smith
Stunts Dean Mumford
Camera and Electrical Department Eric Bartsch,Troy N. Wade
Casting Department Elizabeth Carlton Chase,Phil Newsome
Location Management Geoffrey Ryan,Susan E. Walter
Music Department Larry Mah
Additional Crew Richard DiPatri,Chad Graves,Pamela Morissette
Genres Drama
Companies Patchett Kaufman Entertainment
Countries USA
Languages English
ImDbRating 5.2
ImDbRatingVotes 316
Keywords based on novel