Picking Up the Pieces

Picking Up the Pieces (DVD) (*)

~~$21.99~~ $18.98

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Alfonso Arau

Written By:
Bill Wilson

Actors:
Woody Allen ..... Tex Cowley
Sharon Stone ..... Candy Cowley
Alfonso Arau ..... Dr. Amado
Brian Brophy ..... CNN Reporter
Betty Carvalho ..... Juana
Enrique Castillo ..... Grasiento
Jorge Cervera Jr. ..... Unojo
O'Neal Compton ..... Texas John
Maria Grazia Cucinotta ..... Desi
Marcus Demian ..... Ricardo
Danny De La Paz ..... Lalo Taxi Driver
Andy Dick ..... Father Buñuel
Jeannine De La Torre ..... Maria
Fran Drescher ..... Sister Frida

Synopsis:

Woody Allen plays Tex, a kosher butcher. Sharon Stone plays his unfaithful wife Candy. Tex catches Candy in the act and in a fit of rage he kills her. To conceal his crime he cuts up her body and buries it in the desert in New Mexico. However, when her hand surfaces, a blind woman trips over it and it restores her sight. The hand is then considered to be the 'hand of the Virgin.' Despite the church's fallen priest (played by David Schwimmer) objecting, the ambitious mayor of the town (Cheech Marin) creates an international three-ring circus of miracle-seekers, TV crews, and born-again local prostitutes all interested in the hand. All of this goes on while Tex is desperately trying to recover the hand before the sheriff (Kiefer Sutherland) finds it and uses it as evidence against him.

A crime of passion unwittingly leads to a 'miracle' in this satirical comedy. Tex (Woody Allen) is a butcher who is married to Candy (Sharon Stone), a former exotic dancer who has no skill or enthusiasm for fidelity. Unhappy with her extramarital affairs, Tex kills Candy while performing a 'sawing the woman in half' trick with her during a magic show. Tex tries to bury the pieces of Candy's body on the outskirts of town before anyone can find out the trick was real, but he makes the mistake of losing one of Candy's hands along the way; a blind woman happens upon it, and when she can suddenly and miraculously see, she's convinced she's found the hand of the Holy Virgin. Father Jerome (David Schwimmer), the priest of the local Catholic church, isn't so sure, but the town's mayor (Cheech Marin) is more than happy to have hundreds of tourists coming into town to see a holy relic, and word of the miraculous hand spreads like wildfire. However, Sheriff Bobo (Kiefer Sutherland) is convinced the severed hand appeared through foul play, and Tex is eager to retrieve it before anyone finds out who was once attached to it. Picking Up the Pieces, which also features Fran Drescher, Eddie Griffin, Andy Dick, and Elliott Gould, had its American premiere on the Cinemax premium cable network after the film's controversial themes prevented it from getting a distribution deal with a U.S. studio.

A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

Black Flowers (DVD)

Inferno Below (DVD)