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Writers:
Norman Mailer (novel)
Norman Mailer (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 September 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
A story of how dangerous love can be. more
Plot:
Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 10 nominations more
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Painful in the Extreme more (19 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ryan O'Neal | ... | Tim Madden |
 | Isabella Rossellini | ... | Madeleine Regency |
 | Debra Sandlund | ... | Patty Lareine |
 | Wings Hauser | ... | Capt. Alvin Luther Regency |
 | John Bedford Lloyd | ... | Wardley Meeks III |
| Lawrence Tierney | ... | Dougy Madden |
 | Penn Jillette | ... | Big Stoop |
 | Frances Fisher | ... | Jessica Pond |
| R. Patrick Sullivan | ... | Lonnie Pangborn |
 | John Snyder | ... | Spider |
 | Stephan Morrow | ... | Stoodie |
| Clarence Williams III | ... | Bolo |
| Kathryn Sanders | ... | Beth |
| Ira Lewis | ... | Merwyn Finney |
 | Ed Setrakian | ... | Lawyer |
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110 min
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Color (TVC)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18
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According to Quentin Tarantino on the DVD commentary for True Romance (1993), he went to see this film the night he finished the script for True Romance. more
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Tim Madden: Oh Man! Oh God! Oh Man! Oh God! Oh Man! Oh God! Oh Man! Oh God! Oh Man! Oh God! more
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Referenced in "Doogie Howser, M.D.: Tough Guys Don't Teach (#1.17)" (1990) more
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Real Man more
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Norman Mailer is one of America's great writers, however, he came spectacularly unstuck when scripting and directing this movie. The dialogue is appalling - it might have worked on the printed page but it's embarrassingly bad when spoken. The direction is flat as a pancake, much of the acting is over the top, and usually coupled with bad Southern accents, and the plot descends into ridiculous melodrama almost immediately. It would be totally forgettable except for the presence of the radiant Isabella Rossellini - just fast forward to her scenes or don't watch it in the first place. You'll be missing nothing.