Big Stone Gap

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Big Stone Gap

"Small town. Big heart."

2014

1h 33m

5.9(70 votes)

Romance

Comedy

Overview

A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

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Cast & Crew

50 members

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Patrick Wilson

Jack MacChesney

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Jane Krakowski

Sweet Sue Tinsley

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Ashley Judd

Ave Maria Mulligan

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Whoopi Goldberg

Fleeta Mullins

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Jenna Elfman

Iva Lou Wade

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Dagmara Dominczyk

Elizabeth Taylor

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Jasmine Guy

Leah Grimes

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Chris Sarandon

Mario Barbari

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Anthony LaPaglia

Spec Broadwater

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John Benjamin Hickey

Theodore Tipton

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Judith Ivey

Nan MacChesney

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James Hampton

Reverend Manning

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Mary Pat Gleason

Alice Lambert

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Bridget Gabbe

Tayloe Slagle

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Joe Inscoe

Wayne Lambert

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Angelina Fiordellisi

Fiammetta Mulligan

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Mary Testa

Zia Maria Luisa

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Erika Coleman

Pearl Grimes

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John S. Rausch

Father John

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James Edward Mitchell Jr.

Bobby Dinsmore

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Terry Kilgore

Delegate Terry Kilgore

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Rickey Wiley

Earl Purvis

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Rick Horne

Hal

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Lily Kamp

Jenna

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Jack McClanahan

Worley Olinger

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Ron Flanary

Otto Olinger

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Eamonn McCrystal

John Hale

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Sharon Watroba

Nellie Goodloe

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Brandon Scott Beaty Sr.

PeeWee

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Eleanor Jones

Betty Slagle

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Kalin Wilson

Jared Tinsley

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Kassian Wilson

Chris Tinsley

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Heather McElyea Blair

Effie Clasby

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Brownie Polly III

John Warner

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Matthew Stocke

Johnny Wood

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Star Bresee

Misty Cubine

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Mary Deese

Dr. Miranda

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Greg Kress

Doc Daugherty

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Carlo Trigiani

Young Mario Barbari

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Jean Williams Hall

Illinois Mitchell

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Logan Stuart Baker

Mourner #1

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Beatrice Bancroft

Shanna

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Adam Chaffin

Coal Miner

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Brett Clark

Cool Guy in Truck

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Debbie Green

Nurse

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Devin Hylton

Coal Miner / Church Member

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Sergio Kato

Steve

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Aaron Kelly

Funeral Attendee / Party Goer

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Gina Owens Stanley

Wedding Guest

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Paul Wilson

Lyle Makin

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