Fool for Love (film)
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| Directed by | Robert Altman |
| Written by | Sam Shepard |
| Starring | Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford |
| Distributed by | Cannon Group |
| Release date(s) | December, 1985 |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fool for Love is a 1985 film directed by Robert Altman. The film stars Sam Shepard, who also wrote the screenplay. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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[edit] Plot
May (Kim Basinger) is hiding out at an old motel in the Southwest. An old flame and childhood friend, Eddie (Sam Shepard) shows up. He threatens to metaphorically and at times, literally, drag her back into the life she had fled from. The film focuses on the couple's fluctuating past and present relationships.
[edit] Cast
- Sam Shepard - Eddie
- Kim Basinger - May
- Harry Dean Stanton - Old Man
- Randy Quaid - Martin
- Martha Crawford - May's Mother
- Louise Egolf - Eddie's Mother
- Sura Cox - Teenage May
- Jonathan Skinner - Teenage Eddie
- April Russell - Young May
- Deborah McNaughton - The Countess
- Lon Hill - Mr. Valdes
[edit] Soundtrack
Sandy Rogers wrote the soundtrack songs including the title country pop ballad ("Fool for Love"), which later would appear in the film Reservoir Dogs and on its soundtrack.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Fool for Love". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/802/year/1986.html. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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