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Director:
Writers:
Sam Shepard (play)
Sam Shepard (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 May 1986 (France) more
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May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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(2 articles)
New Rep Announces Sam Shepard's Fool For Love, Opens 3/14
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 2 March 2009, 2:49 PM, PST)

Director Robert Altman Dies at 81
 (From IMDb News. 21 November 2006)

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May vs. Eddie more (5 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited 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
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Runtime:
106 min
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Jessica Lange was set to star opposite her husband Sam Shepard, but she became pregnant and was replaced by Kim Basinger. more
Quotes:
May: Do you want me to finish the story, Eddie? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Robert Altman: Art and Soul (2004) (V) more
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Honky Tonk Heroes more

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May vs. Eddie, 25 March 1999
7/10
Author: Katy-13 from Olympia, Washington

Adapted from Sam Shepard's play, this movie retains many play-like elements such as a relatively fixed setting (a roadside 50's motel in the Southwest) and extensive, intriguing dialogues. A woman "May" is hounded by a man "Eddie" (played by Sam Shepard). She tries to hide from him in the out-of-the-way motel, but he finds her. The film explores the history of their relationship, mainly from their childhoods, that has led them to this point. It's very easy to feel sympathy for the characters and to understand that their dysfunctional present relationship is a result of past events out of their control. We mainly watch them fight, make up, fight, make up and so on. One image that stands out in my mind, is of Eddie hauling May over his shoulder kicking and screaming, taking her somewhere she doesn't want to go.

The soundtrack is also perfect soulful country with vocals by a lesser known artist "Sandy Rogers". She has this country doll voice that almost yodels at some points in the album! This is the kind of movie that will stay lodged in some part of your brain/soul. In other words, go see it!

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