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Features: DVD, Unrated
By day, Joanna Crane (Kathleen Turner) is a prim workaholic fashion designer. At night she becomes China Blue, a kinky hooker on the streets of Los Angeles. But when she finds herself being followed by a private investigator (John Laughlin) and stalked by a fanatical preacher (a truly over-the-top performance by Anthony Perkins), Joanna's depraved double life threatens to explode. In a world ruled by mad passion and holy obsession, can one woman survive the most dangerous emotion of all? Annie Potts and Bruce Davison co-star in this landmark adult thriller directed by the inimitable Ken Russell (Tommy, Altered States, Women In Love) that became one of the most controversial films of the decade. Crimes Of Passion is now presented in a razor-sharp new widescreen transfer and features recently discovered deleted scenes as well as shocking footage of graphic sexuality (including the notorious 'night-stick' scene) not contained in the original U.S. theatrical version.
"One of the most profoundly disturbing movies I've ever seen." Rex Reed, The New York Post
Editor's Note
Ken Russell's sexual caricature finds an all-American man, who's trapped in a sexless marriage, falling in love with a businesswoman who turns into a hooker by night. A psychotic priest (Perkins) tries to prevent their union, driving the wedge between love and sex. A thoughtful, sometimes very shocking study of sex, love and religion.
Plot Summary
China Blue, a sexy streetwalker, plies her trade of S&M sex tricks all night. And each morning she sheds her midnight persona for her sexually-repressed appearance at a 9-5 job as a clothing designer. But when a fanatical holy man starts hunting her down, the wall between her two lives come crashing down.
| Features | Theatrical Trailer | | Widescreen Version, Enhanced For 16X9 TVs | | Audio Commentary With Director Ken Russell And Writer/Producer Barry Sandler | | Deleted Scenes--Featuring Audio Commentary With Writer/Producer Barry Sandler |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Anchor Bay |
| Release Date: 4/7/2009 |
| Running Time: 112 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1984 | | Catalog ID: 11393 | | UPC: 00013131139396 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Turner gives the performance of her life....Almost compulsively watchable..." -- Rating: A 09/06/1996 p.85USA Today
"...Kathleen Turner's gutsy performance as a repressed designer who streetwalks by night is reason enough to see this..." 09/13/1996 p.3D |
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