Citizen Ruth Life, liberty, money and the pursuit of happiness. She's gotta have it. Release date: 1996-11-21 Genres: Drama, Comedy Actors: Kenneth Mars, Mary Kay Place, Diane Ladd, Laura Dern, M.C. Gainey, David Graf, Kelly Preston, Kurtwood Smith, Burt Reynolds, Alicia Witt, Tippi Hedren, Swoosie Kurtz, Joan Pirkle, Michael Tourek, Tim Driscoll, Delaney Driscoll, Jeffery Thomas Johnson, Kathleen Noone, Pam Carter, Marilyn Tipp, Dennis Grant, Okley Gibbs, Robert O'Connell, Jeremy Sczepaniak, Shea Degan, Billie Barnhouse-Diekman, Roberta Larson, David Hirsch, Tony Wike, Sherry Josand Fletcher, Lance Rome, Fred Lovelace, Lorie Obradovich, Lois Nemec, John Bell, Gail Erwin, Susan Stern, Ed Morehouse, Steve Wheeldon, Tim Vandeberghe, Mick McDonald, Joan Hennecke, Wm. J. Billy Bob Muddle III, Will Jamieson, Jim Reinken, John LaPuzza, Vince Morelli, Jim Delmont, Katrina Christensen, Jim Kalal, Jeffrey L. Goos, Sebastian Anzaldo III Direction: Caveh Zahedi Budget: $3,000,000Revenue: $285,112 Runtime: 1 h. 44 min. Score: 6.6/10 Votes: 137 Countries: United States of America Companies: Miramax, Independent Pictures Available* : Overview: "Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.