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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Sam Shepard's award-winning play, full of mystery humor and beauty, becomes a perfect screen adaptation. In a small motel room at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a loving couple argue, laugh and make love--sometimes all at once. An exploration of the human heart and the strange world of romance.
Editor's Note
Robert Altman's adaptation of Sam Shepard's play takes the characters off the stage and places them deep in a barren New Mexico locale. Eddie (Sam Shepard) is a mysterious cowboy drifter who returns to the seedy El Royale Motel with the hope of resuming his romance with May (Kim Basinger), a blonde bombshell who works as a waitress in the bar. Over the course of one night, the lovers argue and talk endlessly, gradually revealing the tragic secret behind their tumultuous affair. Adding conflict to the proceedings is Martin (Randy Quaid), a man who is out to win May's heart. Altman captures the confined atmosphere of Shepard's play, keeping the locations to a minimum. Shot in the middle of the Santa Fe desert, the film plays itself out like a disturbing, nostalgic dream. As the bickering couple, Shepard and Basinger perform with a fiery passion that makes the silent desert all the more unsettling. The songs, by Shepard's real-life sister, Sandy Rogers, ring throughout the night, augmenting the film's dark tone.
Plot Summary
Robert Altman's adaptation of Sam Shepard's play about a cowboy drifter and his tortured love affair with his childhood sweetheart is set in a mytho-poetic modern West of pickup trucks and trashy road-side motels. Eddie, back in town after a long absence, tries to resume his romance with May, a pretty blonde bar waitress. Over the course of their one-night reunion, however, a tragic secret behind their affair is revealed.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | "Robert Altman: Art And Soul" Featurette | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 4/20/2004 |
| Running Time: 107 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1985 | | Catalog ID: 1006174 | | UPC: 00027616903761 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[Shepard's play] has been 'opened up' with intelligence....[It] has several exceptional things going for it, namely the performances..." 12/06/1985 p.C12Variety
"Robert Altman has directed a fine cast in FOOL FOR LOVE with all the authority and finesse a good play deserves..." 11/27/1985 Los Angeles Times
"...It's a raw, explosively funny, elemental tragicomedy about the pure willfulness of love....What Altman has pulled out of this pair is perfection..." 12/06/1985 p.C1 |
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