Timothée Chalamet is the dashing Laurie, a handsome and wealthy neighbor drawn to the vivacious March women. As their mother Marmee, Laura Dern is the epitome of a kind, gracious and supportive maternal figure. Eliza Scanlen plays the quiet and musical Beth. Florence Pugh portrays Amy, the youngest daughter and perhaps the most accustomed to having her own way. Emma Watson plays her older sister Meg, a young woman who happily espouses traditional values. Saoirse Ronan stars as Jo March, a budding writer who is determined to follow her heart and pursue her own creative interests. Lea Thompson starred as Marmee in the most recent previous adaptation, directed and cowritten by Clare Niederpruem, which updated the setting to the modern day, starting with Jo in New York as a budding writer, then flashing back to her earlier years with her sisters and mother. This beautifully-acted version proved to be a modest box office success and received three Academy Award nominations. Winona Ryder starred as Jo Kristen Dunst and Samatha Mathis shared the role of Amy Claire Danes played the sickly Beth Susan Sarandon embodied the motherly Marmee Christian Bale portrayed the dashing Laurie. In 1994, Gillian Armstrong became the first woman to direct a film version. Mervyn LeRoy's 1949 version starred Janet Leigh as Jo March, with young Elizabeth Taylor as young Amy it won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Arriving as Hollywood was experiencing heat for some increasingly provocative productions, the film's traditional values were applauded by audiences. Mason and Victor Heerman and earned two other Oscar nominations. Katherine Hepburn starred as Jo March in George Cukor's Little Women (1933), which won an Academy Award for married screenwriters Sarah Y. Louisa May Alcott's novel has inspired more than a dozen film and television adaptations. What were the other incarnations of Little Women? Drawing from her own experiences, Alcott created siblings Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March as smart, caring and vivid people who leap off the page, inspiring deep devotion from both readers and critics. Their beloved mother is instrumental in their development we also get to know the men with whom the women become involved. Originally published in two volumes in 18, the acclaimed novel by Louisa May Alcott tells the story of four young women who follow their own distinctive paths as they come of age in a low-income household in 19th century Massachusetts. What is this based on and what is the basic story? Here's what you need to know before you go see Little Women in theaters. Now a fresh, warm, all-new adaptation is on its way to the big screen from an acclaimed filmmaker and it's filled with exquisite performances. Loosely based on the life of author Louisa May Alcott and her three sisters, Little Women has proven to be a timeless literary classic.
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