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 | |
| Kim Basinger | ... | May | |
| 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 | ... | Teenage May |
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Jonathan Skinner | ... | Teenage Eddie |
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April Russell | ... | Young May |
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Deborah McNaughton | ... | The Countess |
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Lon Hill | ... | Mr. Valdes |
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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 from. The situation soon turns complicated.
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14 May 1986 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$55,637, 8 December 1985, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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Written and Performed by Sandy Rogers
Produced by Jim Gaines
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Interesting, laid back version of the Shepherd play. On stage, with Ed Harris in the lead, it was all frenetic energy and danger. Here the piece is more moody and dreamlike. At times that works tremendously well, and it is visually beautiful. The play has been opened up in a way that feels natural and not forced. And the use of narration is very interesting and productively unsettling, since the memories we see do not quite match the words we hear.
On the other hand, the slower pace makes the writing feel more melodramatic and almost old- fashioned in its twists. And Shepherd is nowhere near as interesting as Harris was on stage. We never feel that he is really dangerous. He comes off more as a love-struck kid than obsessed man. And it ends with a whimper, not a kick. Still, there are plenty of less interesting theater to film adaptations out there.