A beautiful, bittersweet human comedy set in Americas deep south, Steel Magnolias unites the talents of Hollywood's finest actresses as six very special friends bonded together by their mutual triumphs and tragedies. Despite their differences, beautiful and impulsive Shelby (Julia Roberts in her Academy Award nominated role), her strong willed mother M'Lynn (Sally Field), beauty parlour owner Truvy (Dolly Parton), elegant widow Clairee (Olympia Dukakis), sharp-tongued Ouiser (Shirley McLaine) and mousy newcomer Annelle (Daryl Hannah) enjoy a friendship that spans the boundaries of age and status. Sharing each others strength and loyalty, these six remarkable women survive the cycles of life, birth and death to emerge stronger, closer and still laughing!