Year 2014 Video Release 2015-02-10 Studio HBO Home Entertainment Genre TV Miniseries MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Academy Award R winner Frances McDormand Fargo, North Country and Academy Award R nominee Richard Jenkins The Visitor, HBO's Six Feet Under star in the HBO miniseries drama Olive Kitteridge, a film by Academy Award R nominated director Lisa Cholodenko The Kids Are All Right, Laurel Canyon . Based on Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and written by Emmy R winner Jane Anderson HBO's The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom and Normal , this four-part drama tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive McDormand , whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. Executive produced by Academy Award R winners Tom Hanks and Frances McDormand, and Emmy R winners Jane Anderson and Gary Goetzman. Director Lisa Cholodenko Cast Lisa Cholodenko; Frances McDormand; Richard Jenkins; Bill Murray; Zoe Kazan; Rosemarie DeWitt; Nancy E. Carroll; Peter Mullan; Jesse Plemons; Brady Corbet; John Gallagher Jr.