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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1998-09-18
Languageen
Runtime2h 7m
Production

Universal Pictures, Monarch Pictures, Ufland

6.5(140)
•1998•2h 7m

One True Thing

"Love What You Have."

DramaRomance

Overview

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Writing & Screenplay
Karen Croner
Cinematography
Declan Quinn

Principal Cast

63 credited
Meryl Streep
Meryl StreepKate Gulden
Renée Zellweger
Renée ZellwegerEllen Gulden
William Hurt
William HurtGeorge Gulden
Tom Everett Scott
Tom Everett ScottBrian Gulden
Lauren Graham
Lauren GrahamJules
Nicky Katt
Nicky KattJordan Belzer
James Eckhouse
James EckhouseDistrict Attorney
Patrick Breen
Patrick BreenMr. Tweedy
Gerrit Graham
Gerrit GrahamOliver Most
DB
David ByronSenator Sullivan

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One True Thing (1998) | Cinelio