Steel Magnolias

A shy beauty school graduate starts working at a home-based beauty salon in Louisiana, where she becomes involved in the lives of a woman with diabetes and her daughter, who faces health complications and ultimately makes a difficult decision. Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American English-language Comedy Drama film starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley Maclaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts and Clara Gabrielle. The movie is based on Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. Rastar was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Ray Stark, Andrew Stone and Victoria White. Steel Magnolias is written by Robert Harling and directed by Herbert Ross. TriStar Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Steel Magnolias was released on 22nd November 1989 and takes a screen time of 117 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Steel Magnolias was made on a budget of $15 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $96 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Robert Harling. Cinematography was done by John A. Alonzo and editing by Paul Hirsch. The music was composed by Georges Delerue.