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Overview

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Director:
Alfonso Arau
Writer (WGA):
Bill Wilson (written by)
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Release Date:
30 August 2000 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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2 nominations more
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For a comedy, it's pretty serious! more (53 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
Richard Edson ... Edsel Farkus
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
First on Max (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and language.
Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.00 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
La Puente, California, USA more

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For a comedy, it's pretty serious!, 10 September 2003
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Author: rezmo-mdb (rezmo@gooseworksstudio.com) from Portland, OR

Maybe it's just the mood I'm in but after a failed first attempt at viewing this film (lasted about 10 minutes) I just finished seeing the "hole" thing and thought "what a great WA film ala the pre-serious Woody phase that he didn't write! This film was obviously not done with the BIG audience in mind, but out of love for the absurd to a sublime degree. Over the top puns abound in a truly profound way. Like for instance, "You can save your ass, or you can save your soul. But you can't save both. You choose, ass....soul...etc.,etc. I can't believe the many stars in this cast (albeit off-ctr types) did this for the money, so they must have had a blast making it. And c'mon folks, tell me you didn't love to see Kieffer hung up and beaten like a pinata with fireworks going off on his body. I hven't seen cast interviews, so I'm not as informed as some of the commenteers here are, but the overall message (last words of Woody)of this movie is not to be ignored: "f__k em if they can't take a joke". Yeah, the production was cheezy, but it fit so well. The patchwork editing just may have been intentional.... I can easily see how people panned this film. But, no offense intended, maybe you take yourself a bit too seriously.

PS: the quip about Jesus' party getting out of hand _was_ Lenny Bruce's comment as stated by Woody in the film.

Ahhhhhh



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