Stop by our Welcome Center at 73 Jefferson Street in Winterset for a map and brochure about visiting the Covered Bridges. With a lush, romantic score from modern musical theater master Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County is a heartbreaking yet hopeful portrait of one woman, standing at a crossroads, without a map. It earned $10,519,257 in its opening weekend, ranking number two in the North American box office, behind Casper (which was in its second weekend). Directed by Clint Eastwood. Golden Globes: 2 Nominations. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 American romantic drama film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Robert James Waller. Title: The Bridges of Madison County (1995) 7.6 /10. The Bridges of Madison County Awards and Nominations. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY 13th July - 14th September PERFORMANCE TIMES Tuesday - Saturday 8pm Saturday & Sunday 3:30pm. The Broadway production was directed by Bartlett Sher and starred Kelli O'Hara as Francesca and Steven Pasquale as Robert. Running time. Madison County is the Covered Bridge Capital of Iowa, with the largest group of covered bridges that exists in one area in the western half of the Mississippi Valley. The Bridges of Madison County is a musical, based on Robert James Waller's 1992 novel, with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.The musical premiered on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on February 20, 2014, and closed on May 18, 2014. The Roseman Bridge, Cedar Bridge, and Hogback Bridge are all specifically mentioned within the 1992 novel The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller. Director: Clint Eastwood. See the descriptions of the specific bridges below for how each bridge was connected to the novel. Meryl Streep in ‘The Bridges of Madison County’: A look back at her 10th Oscar nomination, the competition and the outcome. A page for describing YMMV: Bridges of Madison County. The book and film Tear Jerker: In the film, the scene where Francesca almost gets out of the truck to … The Bridges of Madison County opened theatrically on June 2, 1995 in 1,805 venues. See which distinctions were awarded to The Bridges of Madison County, 1995, directed by Clint Eastwood, with Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Jim Haynie, Photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), for four days in the 1960s. Hartman has seen many of his albums reissued, with rapidly rising sales, since the release of the film. Based on the novel set in Iowa, the Broadway musical opens on Feb. 20, 2014. With a lush, romantic score from modern musical theater master Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County is a heartbreaking yet hopeful portrait of one woman, standing at a crossroads, without a map. The Bridges Of Madison County tells the tale of Francesca – an Italian immigrant housewife living a happy existence on a farm in the American Midwest. Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s. Share this Rating. See which distinctions were awarded to The Bridges of Madison County, 1995, directed by Clint Eastwood, with Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Jim Haynie, 'The Bridges of Madison County' to Close Despite Four Tony Nominations. Which matters more: a once-in-a-lifetime love, or caring for family and community? 2 hours 45 minutes with one interval CAST Edward Baker-Duly Georgia Brown Maddison Bulleyment Shanay Holmes Gillian Kirkpatrick Paul F Monaghan David Perkins Dale Rapley Jenna Russell. With Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak. The brief, illicit love affair between an Iowa housewife and a post-middle-age free-lance photographer is chronicled in this powerful romance based on the best-selling novella by Robert James Waller. The Bridges of Madison County, 1995 The role: Francesca Johnson, a woman who has a passionate but brief affair with a photographer The nominations: Oscar, Screen Actors Guild, and Golden Globe