What is The Bridges of Madison County (movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Bridges of Madison County''''' is a 1995 American [[Romance (love)|romantic]] [[drama]] movie based on [[The Bridges of Madison County|the best-selling novel of the same name]] by [[Robert James Waller]].<ref>''[[Variety Film Reviews|Variety]]'' film review; May 22, 1995.</ref> It was produced by [[Amblin Entertainment]] and [[Malpaso Productions]], and distributed by [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Entertainment]]. The movie was produced and directed by [[Clint Eastwood]] with [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] as co-producer. The movie is about an Italian [[war bride]], Francesca Johnson ([[Meryl Streep]]), who lives with her husband and two children on their Iowa farm. In 1965, she meets ''[[National Geographic]]'' photojournalist, Robert Kinkaid (Eastwood). The movie earned $182 million worldwide. Streep received an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] [[68th Academy Awards|nomination in 1996]] for her performance in the movie. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bridges of Madison County, The}} [[Category:1995 movies]] [[Category:American romantic drama movies]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] {{movie-stub}}