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Fool for Love

  • 19851985
  • RR
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
2.7K
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Kim Basinger and Sam Shepard in Fool for Love (1985)
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
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May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away fro... Read allMay is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
IMDb RATING
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2.7K
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  • Director
    • Robert Altman
  • Writer
    • Sam Shepard(play)
  • Stars
    • Sam Shepard
    • Kim Basinger
    • Harry Dean Stanton
Top credits
  • Director
    • Robert Altman
  • Writer
    • Sam Shepard(play)
  • Stars
    • Sam Shepard
    • Kim Basinger
    • Harry Dean Stanton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

    Videos1

    Trailer
    Trailer 2:51
    Trailer

    Photos92

    Tom Pelphrey at an event for Fool for Love (1985)
    Tom Pelphrey at an event for Fool for Love (1985)
    Kim Basinger at an event for Fool for Love (1985)
    Rebecca De Mornay and Randy Quaid at an event for Fool for Love (1985)
    Rebecca De Mornay and Richard Cox at an event for Fool for Love (1985)
    Fool for Love (1985)
    Fool for Love (1985)
    Fool for Love (1985)
    Randy Quaid in Fool for Love (1985)
    Harry Dean Stanton in Fool for Love (1985)
    Kim Basinger in Fool for Love (1985)
    Kim Basinger in Fool for Love (1985)

    Top cast

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    Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard
    • Eddieas Eddie…
    Kim Basinger
    Kim Basinger
    • Mayas May…
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Old Manas Old Man
    Randy Quaid
    Randy Quaid
    • Martinas Martin
    Martha Crawford
    • May's Motheras May's Mother
    Louise Egolf
    • Eddie's Motheras Eddie's Mother
    Sura Cox
    • Mayas May…
    Jonathan Skinner
    • Eddieas Eddie…
    April Russell
    • Mayas May…
    Deborah McNaughton
    • The Countessas The Countess
    Lon Hill
    • Mr. Valdesas Mr. Valdes
    • Director
      • Robert Altman
    • Writer
      • Sam Shepard(play) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Kim Basinger replaced Jessica Lange as May. Lange was set to star opposite real-life partner Sam Shepard but became pregnant and the part had to be re-cast with Basinger stepping in.
    • Quotes

      May: Do you want me to finish the story, Eddie?

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Young Sherlock Holmes/Fool for Love/Rocky IV/The Official Story (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Let's Ride
      Written and Performed by Sandy Rogers

      Produced by Jim Gaines

    User reviews16

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    A Nice Adaptation
    May (Kim Basinger) is waiting for her boyfriend (Sam Shepard) in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.

    When a film is an expansion on a play, such as this is, you have to be true to the source while also going beyond. Altman succeeds, casting Harry Dean Stanton as a one-man Greek chorus and bringing a fuller vision to the story than could be shown within one room.

    Roger Ebert said that Altman "has succeeded on two levels that seem opposed to each other. He has made a melodrama, almost a soap opera, in which the characters achieve a kind of nobility." These are kin words and not without merit.
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    • Jul 10, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1986 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fool for Love - Verrückt vor Liebe
    • Filming locations
      • Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cinema '84
      • The Cannon Group
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $836,156
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $55,637
      • Dec 8, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $836,156
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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