Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart (DVD) (*)

$30.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bruce Beresford

Written By:
Beth Henley

Actors:
Diane Keaton ..... Lenny Magrath
Jessica Lange ..... Meg Magrath
Sissy Spacek ..... Babe Magrath
Sam Shepard ..... Doc Porter
Tess Harper ..... Chick Boyle
David Carpenter ..... Barnette Lloyd
Hurd Hatfield ..... Old Granddaddy
Beeson Carroll ..... Zackery Botrelle
Jean Willard ..... Lucille Botrelle
Tom Mason ..... Uncle Watson
Gregory Eugene Travis ..... Willie Jay
Annie McKnight ..... Annie May Jenkins
Eleanor Eagle ..... Little Lenny
Jessica Ezzell ..... Little Meg
Natalie Anderson ..... Little Babe

Synopsis:

The story focuses on the Magrath sisters - Meg, Babe, and Lenny - who reunite at the family home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The three were raised by Old Granddaddy after their mother hanged herself and the family cat and have been eccentric ever since. Lenny is a wallflower who bemoans her shriveled ovary. Egocentric Meg is a singer whose Hollywood career ended abruptly when she suffered a nervous breakdown. Unruly and impulsive Babe shocks her sisters with stories about her affair with a teenaged black boy. Past resentments bubble to the surface as the women are forced to deal with assorted relatives and previous relationships while coping with the latest incident that has disrupted their dysfunctional lives.

Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it in Hollywood as a singer/actress, has had a wild life filled with many men. Their reunion causes much joy, but also many tensions.

Three sisters return to their childhood home, and reminisce about their lives together. We learn that their father abandoned them when they were children, and that their mother committed suicide.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 15 September, 2012.

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