Picking Up the Pieces (2000)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Alfonso Arau

Writer (WGA):

Bill Wilson (written by)

Release Date:

30 August 2000 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

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.

Plot Keywords:

Hand | Miracle | New Mexico | Severed Hand | Mayor

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

First on Max (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

La Puente, California, USA

Company:

Comala Films Productions

Quotes:

Bobo: Have you ever operated heavy machinery while taking antihistamines?

For a comedy, it's pretty serious!

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