Decode the Scene GAME – MC Gainey Mary Kay Place Kelly Preston MOVIE CLIPS
Decode the Scene GAME – MC Gainey Mary Kay Place Kelly Preston MOVIE CLIPS – MC Gainey Mary Kay Place Kelly Preston MOVIE CLIPS click to subscribe j.mp When forced to choose between two opposing sides, Ruth (Laura Dern) sort of takes a stand. TM & © Miramax Films (2012) Cast: MC Gainey, Kurtwood Smith, Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place, Kelly Preston Director: Alexander Payne MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: amzn.to Producer: Cathy Konrad, Andrew Stone, Cary Woods, Michael Zimbrich Screenwriter: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Film Description: The divisive issue of abortion is at the center of Citizen Ruth, a political satire that attempts to subject both pro-choice and pro-life forces to equal ridicule. Laura Dern portrays Ruth Stoops, an irresponsible, unemployed woman who’s addicted to inhaling household chemicals and has becomes pregnant, for the fifth time. After she is arrested for substance abuse, the judge offers to lessen her sentence if Ruth chooses to abort her child. Ruth agrees, but that night she encounters a group of pro-life activists. They take her under their wing, promising to help her, while secretly planning to make her case public as a symbol for the pro-life movement . When Ruth discovers the deception, she takes refuge with a pro-choice group, sparking a media frenzy. Yet Ruth soon finds her new friends are also only interested in her value as a media icon. Realizing she has been used as a pawn in the abortion rights battle, the apolitical Ruth turns …
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