The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994)
The world offered no forgiveness. The Beans offered no apologies.
99 min
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.
- Release date
- November 23, 1994
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Peter Manning Robinson
Cast
- Martha Plimpton as Earlene
- Kelly Lynch as Roberta
- Kelly Lynch as Reuben's Wife
- Rutger Hauer as Reuben
- Rutger Hauer as Roberta's Husband
- Patrick McGaw as Beal
- Patrick McGaw as Reuben's Nephew
- Richard Sanders as Lee
- Richard Sanders as Earlene's Father
- Lance Robinson as Young Beal
- Rae Adams as Young Earlene
- Ariana Lamon-Anderson as Bonnie Loo
- Michael MacRae as Cole Deveraux
- James Gervasi as Pa Bean
Crew
- Jennifer Warren · Director
- Carolyn Chute · Writer
- Bill Phillips · Writer
- Rosilyn Heller · Producer
- Peter Manning Robinson · Composer
- Stevan Larner · Cinematographer
- Paul Dixon · Editor
- Donald Paul Pemrick · Casting director
- Jodi Rothfield · Casting director
- Katie Ryan · Casting director
- Rondi Tucker · Production designer