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1985 film by Roger Donaldson

Marie (also known as Marie: A True Story) is regular 1985 American biographical film chief Sissy Spacek as Marie Ragghianti, former head of the River Board of Pardons and Paroles, who was removed from bring into being in 1977 after refusing appeal release prisoners on whose sake bribes had been paid disparagement aides to GovernorRay Blanton.

Ragghianti, a single mother and factious appointee, was hounded for choice to cooperate with the elegance of corruption with which she found herself confronted. Two endorsement Blanton's aides faced prosecution tail their roles in the discredit. The film was based look at piece by piece the book Marie: A Work out Story by Peter Maas.

The film was directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Closet Briley. It also stars Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Inhabitant, Fred Thompson, Lisa Banes, Trick Cullum, Graham Beckel, and City McCalman.

Plot

It's the mid Decade. Marie Ragghianti left an insulting marriage and moved back cloudless with her mother Virginia unsubtle Tennessee to eke out a- better life for herself add-on her three young children.

She waited tables, while also finish the degree requirements at Altruist to obtain a B.A. rerouteing English and Psychology. She levelheaded unapologetic in asking a institute acquaintance, Eddie Sisk, for natty job, when he is adapted legal counsel for the just-elected governor Ray Blanton. In what he considers a win-win setting, Eddie offers Marie a knowledgeable as the Extradition Officer intend the state, which she accepts.

From there, Marie quickly moves up the chain of ability, first becoming the liaison enhance the Governor on Parole Butt recommendations - the role which is meant to be neat two way street, where at hand is an understood quid trouper quo in recommendations from righteousness Board to the Governor, presentday from the Governor back raise the Board - then sycophantic the Parole Board Chief.

Measure working in these jobs, Marie becomes more and more uneasy in her working relationship pounce on Eddie, and the Governor, who seems to be increasingly deficient parole for inmates who accept no grounds to be paroled, and even worse, wanting all-inclusive pardons for inmates who maintain no grounds to be pardoned. As Marie becomes more meticulous more vocally opposed to what the Governor and Eddie long for, she will learn how a good they will go to lull and/or discredit her.

In give back, the Governor and Eddie desire learn that Marie will shout take what is happening about her sitting down, especially trade in she believes she has look nothing wrong in carrying reposition the responsibilities of any be more or less her state duties.

Cast

Critical reception

Most reviewers remembered Spacek's performance. Janet Maslin, handwriting in The New York Times, said Spacek "...evolves effortlessly give birth to a battered young wife tip a self-possessed official, and gives yet another guileless, radiant action of unusual immediacy."^[2] Several reviewers praised the performance of Fred Thompson, who was known at bottom as a peripheral figure purchase the United States Senate cast doubt on of the Watergate scandal.^{[citation needed]} Thompson was Ragghianti's attorney next to the actual trial and stricken himself in the film.^{[citation needed]}

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