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Zandalee

  • 1991
  • R
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
4.4K
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Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, and Erika Anderson in Zandalee (1991)
Thierry's wife Zandalee married the poet he once was. Taking over his dad's company in New Orleans gives him stress and impotence. Thierry meets his high school buddy Johnny at a bachelor party. The painter Johnny can satisfy Zandalee.
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Thierry's wife Zandalee married the poet he once was. Taking over his dad's company in New Orleans gives him stress and impotence. Thierry meets his high school buddy Johnny at a bachelor pa... Read allThierry's wife Zandalee married the poet he once was. Taking over his dad's company in New Orleans gives him stress and impotence. Thierry meets his high school buddy Johnny at a bachelor party. The painter Johnny can satisfy Zandalee.Thierry's wife Zandalee married the poet he once was. Taking over his dad's company in New Orleans gives him stress and impotence. Thierry meets his high school buddy Johnny at a bachelor party. The painter Johnny can satisfy Zandalee.

  • Director
    • Sam Pillsbury
  • Writer
    • Mari Kornhauser
  • Stars
    • Nicolas Cage
    • Erika Anderson
    • Judge Reinhold
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sam Pillsbury
    • Writer
      • Mari Kornhauser
    • Stars
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Erika Anderson
      • Judge Reinhold
    • 18User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Johnny Collins
    Erika Anderson
    Erika Anderson
    • Zandalee Martin
    Judge Reinhold
    Judge Reinhold
    • Thierry Martin
    Joe Pantoliano
    Joe Pantoliano
    • Gerri
    Viveca Lindfors
    Viveca Lindfors
    • Tatta
    Aaron Neville
    Aaron Neville
    • Jack
    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    • OPP Man
    Ian Abercrombie
    Ian Abercrombie
    • Louis Medina
    Marisa Tomei
    Marisa Tomei
    • Remy
    Jo-El Sonnier
    • Bartender
    Newell Alexander
    Newell Alexander
    • Allen Calhoun
    Blaise Delacroix
    • Pepe
    Eliott Keener
    • Richard Norvo
    Richard Greenberg
    Richard Greenberg
    • Bachelor Man
    John Cutler
    • Groom
    Thomas R Murphy
    • Bible Thumper
    • (as Thomas Iain)
    Don Brady
    • Father Brady
    Becky Allen
    • Tesa
    • Director
      • Sam Pillsbury
    • Writer
      • Mari Kornhauser
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    User reviews18

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    leysser

    Not good but ...

    I don't understand why this film accumulates so scarcely votes. Come on! Nick Cage did a good job; Erika Anderson is beautiful and stimulating (she didn't need another skill, or she did??). In my opinion, the story, the plot, could be a better fortune in the hands of an European director, like Chabrol or Goddard. But "Zandalee" it is not so bad or dull to don't be advised to the spectators. 6 points.
    4lib-4

    It's way too hot in New Orleans!

    There is a reason this went straight to video- the story is smarmy, Nick Cage plays Johnny in a sleazy way- sex in churches, and other scenes that border on tasteless(like the scene in the laundry room) taint this movie. Judge Reinhold as the cuckold is okay- but the movie itself with its themes of degradation and revenge are not well done. But it is a good film for trivia contests- because so few people saw it.
    5gridoon

    Lots of heavy breathing and local color...

    This is a great-looking film, filmed in rich colors and beautiful New Orleans locations. But dramatically it doesn't fare so well; it's mostly a monotonous series of heavy-breathing sequences, interrupted by dialogue passages that seem to exist only because a film can't be made ONLY with sex scenes. We also get lots of gratuitous nudity from the statuesque Erika Anderson, who's married to Judge Reinhold (fairly good, but not good enough to be taken absolutely seriously as a dramatic actor yet) and pursued by Nicolas Cage (in a smug performance he would probably like to forget today). Overall, not a horrible film, but not outstanding, either. (**)
    Cory Wilson

    Late Night Lock The Bedroom Door Flick

    Zandalee is the kind of movie that a teenage boy would watch late at night on HBO...only after locking his bedroom door. New Orleans is very pretty, and there's some decent sex scenes, but other than that there's nothing more here that hasn't been done better somewhere else. It is what it is.
    3bellino-angelo2014

    Quite painful to stomach

    ZANDALEE has an appalling score of 4,3 and only 15 reviews to date, and according to the trivia section, in the US was released straight to video. All this leads to a terrible movie, and when I saw it, I could see why.

    Zandalee Martin is a young store owner that is married with Thierry Martin (Judge Reinhold) but is also frustrated because of his lack of passion and their marriage hit a snag. Soon she starts an affair with Thierry's friend Johnny Collins (Nicolas Cage), a painter that literally puts body and soul in his paintings. After a while Thierry discovers the affair and he and Johnny will fight over Zandalee. How it will end? See the movie... or better don't.

    The main issue with this movie is that there is nobody to like or care about in the least. Erika Anderson is gorgeous but can't act outside a paper bag, Judge Reinhold looks like stoned and Nicolas Cage excells in overacting (something his haters complain with recent movies) and often gets mad for no reason at all. I was even tempted to leave this movie half-way, and I can't believe I saw it all. Only of interest for folks who watch a steady diet of bad movies, as they may get a kick out of it.

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    • Trivia
      Erika Anderson does not like to remember the filming of the most difficult sequences: "If I think back to the first day of working on Zandalee, I still get goose skin. It was the scene in which Nicolas Cage paints my naked body, the sun and the moon on my breasts and a river that flows down beyond the navel. And since Cage is an actor who loves improvisation, to show the domination of the male over the woman he put in such brutality and such participatory violence, that I was terrified, I felt really violated. We had to stop shooting and do it all again the next day. The rushes were pure pornography, they traumatized me."
    • Goofs
      During the body painting scene you can see Zandalee's earrings even though in the love scene before her earrings are off.
    • Quotes

      Johnny: I wanna shake you naked and eat you alive...

    • Alternate versions
      Original NC-17-rated version was cut to receive an R rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in Conan: Dial T for Misdialed Murder (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Cher Tout-Tout
      Performed by Jo-El Sonnier

      Written by Jo-El Sonnier

      Courtesy of RCA Records

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 1993 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • France
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Zandalee (En el límite del deseo)
    • Filming locations
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Production company
      • Electric Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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