Co-written and directed by Alexander Payne, the award winning director of Election, About Schmidt, and Sideways. Ruth Stoops is a drug-user whose down-and-out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant. When a judge orders that she gets an abortion or face a felony charge, she is befriended by Gail Stoney, a pro-lifer whose husband is president of the local ‘Babysavers’ group. Suddenly Ruth is thrust into the middle of the pro-choice/pro-life debate, with each side wanting her to take their side as a ‘message’ to others – and the situation escalates., 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 the tables, offering to join whoever will give her the best deal. What results is a frantic, comedic session of wheeling-dealing which argues that activists on both sides have become more concerned with waging political warfare than helping women., Laura Dern is the drug-taking, alcohol-swilling town hellraiser who, dragged before the courts again, announces she’s pregnant. When the judge orders her to have an abortion, she becomes the centre of a battle between the pro and anti-abortionists in Alexander Payne’s black comedy that shows the rights and wrongs of both sides’ stands through comic, exagerrated characterisation., Both pro-life and pro-choice camps are lampooned in this satire about pregnant addict Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) who becomes a pawn for both groups. After a judge gives her a choice of jail or an abortion, zealots on either side try to decide Ruth’s fate and the fate of her child. Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place, Kurtwood Smith, Alicia Witt. Alexander Payne directed.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Citizen Ruth ” ?
A: The main cast includes Laura Dern,Swoosie Kurtz,Mary Kay Place,Kurtwood Smith,Alicia Witt,Kelly Preston,Tippi Hedren,Burt Reynolds,M.C. Gainey,Diane Ladd,Kenneth Mars,David Graf,Kathleen Noone,Lance Rome,Jim Kaal,Shea Degan,Vince Morelli,Marilyn Tipp,Lois Nemec,Tim Vandeberghe,Sebastian Anzaldo III,Mick McDonald,Okley Gibbs,Roberta Larson,Pam Carter,Steven Wheeldon,Billie Barnhouse-Diekman,John Lapuzza,Susan Stern,Jeffrey L. Goos,James Devney,Tim Driscoll,Caveh Zahedi,David Hirsch,Gail Erwin,Tony Wike,Sherry Josand Fletcher,Jim Delmont,Dennis Grant,Will Jamieson,Jeremy Sczepaniak,Delaney Driscoll,R.D. ‘Cuz’ O’Connell,Judith Hart,Joan Pirkle,Lorie Obradovich,Joan Hennecke,Mike Tourek,Katrina Christensen,John Bell,Jeff “J.J.” Johnson,Fred Lovelace,Ed Morehouse,Jim Reinken,Wm. J. ‘Billy Bob’ Muddle,Kevin Trent,Angela Margolis-Moos,Lisa Beach,Andrew Stone,Alexander Payne,Jay Patterson,Wes Clowers,Jane Ann Stewart,Tom McKinley,James Glennon,Kevin Tent.
Q: When Did the “Citizen Ruth” Released?
A: The Movie “Citizen Ruth” originally aired on 1996-12-13 and released in the year of 1996.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Citizen Ruth” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Citizen Ruth” ?
A: “Citizen Ruth” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
