The Bridges of Madison County (film) The Bridges of Madison County (film) The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 American romantic drama film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Robert James Waller. It was produced by Amblin Entertainment and Malpaso Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment. The film was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with Kathleen Kennedy as co-producer and the screenplay was adapted by Richard LaGravenese. The film is about an Italian war bride, Francesca (Meryl Streep), who lives with her husband and two children on a farm in Iowa. In 1965, she meets a "National Geographic" photographer
Benjamin Bridges Benjamin Bridges Benjamin D. Bridges Sr. (born August 30, 1940, in Ila, Madison County, Georgia) is a former Republican politician and one-time member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Bridges represented Georgia's 10th district, based about the city of Cleveland, between 1997 and 2008. He was chairman of the House Retirement Committee, and was replaced as the 10th district's representative by fellow Republican Rick Austin in 2008. Born in 1940, Bridges graduated from high school in 1959 and received a barber license in 1960. He worked as a barber for six years before joining the Georgia State Patrol in 1966.