
House of Cards
A widow tries to find out why her daughter's strange behavior, a reaction to her father's death, is progressively worsening.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Released
- 1993
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1993
Storyline
A widow tries to find out why her daughter's strange behavior, a reaction to her father's death, is progressively worsening.
Top credits
Kathleen Turner ā Ruth Matthews
Tommy Lee Jones ā Jake Beerlander
Asha Menina ā Sally Matthews
Shiloh Strong ā Michael Matthews
Did you know
⢠This film was completed in 1991 by Penta Pictures, as part of a three picture service deal with 20th Century Fox that also included Folks! (1992) and Man Trouble (1992). Based on the poor performance of the other two films, 20th Century Fox chose not to release it, and the film was then shelved for two years until it was picked up by Miramax Films for a theatrical release in 1993.
⢠James Horner's original score is based on his score for the film Where the River Runs Black (1986) also a film that involves a child in it's storyline. Intrada Records released a limited edition soundtrack which instantly sold out in a record amount of hours, such as their release of Michael Small's unused score for The China Syndrome (1979) had done previously.
⢠This was the last film that Miramax distributed as an independent company before the company was acquired by Disney.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $322,871
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $12,753 (1993-06-27)
User reviews
Good movie, but this is NOT autism
This is a flimsy house of cards in every sense
Engaging but for the ending
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color


















