Wes Bentley first gained recognition for his role in the Oscar-winning film "American Beauty," in which he played Ricky Fitts, the soulful, artistic next-door neighbor to Jane Burnham (Thora Birch). The band recently recorded a collection of songs from and inspired by "Hatfields & McCoys." Featuring the song "These Hills," the album is entitled "Famous for Killing Each Other." The band's song "The Angels Came Down" from their album "Turn It On" was recently adopted by the Gold Star Moms and Gold Star Wives organizations, which support the mothers, wives and families of fallen soldiers. On television, Costner also won the Emmy Award®, Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Devil Anse Hatfield in "Hatfields & McCoys." When Costner is not working on films, he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar in his band Modern West, and can be seen playing venues across the country. One of our generation's most accomplished actors, Costner's unforgettable portrayals of characters from Eliot Ness in "The Untouchables" to Crash Davis in "Bull Durham" to Ray Kinsella in "Field of Dreams" to Jim Garrison in "JFK" have fortified his place in American cinematic lore. After spending days dropping gifts from an aircraft, the five men in the party rashly entered the “intangible zone.” They were all killed, leaving their wives and children to fend for themselves.įive Wives is the fictionalized account of the real-life women who were left behind, and their struggles – with grief, with doubt, and with each other – as they continued to pursue their evangelical mission in the face of the explosion of fame that followed their husbands’ deaths.įive Wives is a riveting, often wrenching story of evangelism and its legacy, teeming with atmosphere and compelling characters and rich in emotional impact.Kevin Costner is a critically acclaimed actor, producer, director and musician.
In 1956, a small group of evangelical Christian missionaries and their families journeyed to the rainforest in Ecuador intending to convert the Waorani, a people who had never had contact with the outside world. In the tradition of The Poisonwood Bible and State of Wonder, a novel set in the rainforest of Ecuador about five women left behind when their missionary husbands are killed.
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