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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| Sam Shepard | ... | Eddie / May's half-brother | |
| Kim Basinger | ... | May / Eddie's half-sister | |
| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Old Man | |
| Randy Quaid | ... | Martin | |
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Martha Crawford | ... | May's Mother |
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Louise Egolf | ... | Eddie's Mother |
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Sura Cox | ... | May / Teenage |
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Jonathan Skinner | ... | Eddie / Teenage |
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April Russell | ... | May / Young |
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Deborah McNaughton | ... | The Countess |
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Lon Hill | ... | Mr. Valdes |
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May is hiding out at an old motel in the Southwest. Eddie, his half-brother, also an old flame shows up. He threatens her metaphorically and, at times, literally drag her back into the life she had fled from. The film focuses on the couple's fluctuating past and present relationships, and the dark secrets hidden within, including one from an old man who lives near the motel (Harry Dean Stanton).
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based on play | half brother half sister relationship | father son relationship | old flame | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |Genres:
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14 May 1986 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$55,637, 8 December 1985Gross USA:
$836,156Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Written and Performed by Sandy Rogers
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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.
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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.