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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Linda Voorhees (written by)
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Release Date:
19 August 1991 (USA) more
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
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Fun, different, thoughtful -- a refreshing break more (12 total)

Cast

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Christine Lahti ... Charlotte Bain

Rubén Blades ... Ernesto Ontiveros
William Russ ... Dewey Whitcomb
Louise Latham ... Mae Esther
Tommy Muñiz ... Tomas Ontiveros

Robyn Lively ... Franny Peyton
Bibi Besch ... Cynthia
Kamala Lopez ... Alcira Zavala

Belita Moreno

Mary Kay Place ... Merrilee Playton
Fran Bennett ... Judge Sandra Farrell
Angela Paton ... Edna
Vic Trevino ... Victor
Nicholas Curtis ... Robie Stiles
Pamela Gordon ... Winifred
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Runtime:
94 min
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Soundtrack:
I AM THE WIND IN HIS SAIL more

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Fun, different, thoughtful -- a refreshing break, 29 June 2000
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Author: spteos from Houston TX

I saw Crazy from the Heart when it came out, so this was rerun time nine years later. And the movie was better the second time around!! Christine Lahti cannot make a bad film; I think she's one of the most underrated actresses of our time (though she does have an Academy Award nomination). What makes "Crazy" sing is the performance by Ruben Blades (and doing love scenes with the director's wife had to be a daunting task) and the unique, small-town setting and approach. This story gently touched on the racism so common in our society, but it did so in an educational and positive way instead of the in-your-face style that gets so old. This movie took you to Tidelands, took you back to high school, took you into middle age, made you think and feel, presented real people in a very real story and made it fun. If the industry put more of this in the theater, more us of plus-40s would go more than once a year.

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