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Jan 23, 1987 · A film adaptation of Beth Henley's play about three sisters coping with their mother's suicide and other family issues. Starring Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard, directed by Bruce Beresford.
- (4.5K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Bruce Beresford
- 1987-01-23
Crimes of the Heart is a 1986 American black comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford from a screenplay written by Beth Henley adapted from her Pulitzer Prize -winning 1979 play of the same name. It stars Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, and Hurd Hatfield.
Crimes of the Heart is a play by American playwright Beth Henley. It is set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the mid-20th century. The play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. In 1986, the play was novelized and released as a book, written by Claudia Reilly.
- Beth Henley
- 1982
Babe (Spacek) decided to shoot her husband after he put an end to her affair with a precocious teenage neighbor boy. Lenny (Keaton) met a Tennessee man through one of those lonely hearts clubs but broke it off because of insecurity about a shrunken ovary.
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- (22)
- Bruce Beresford
- PG-13
- Diane Keaton
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- 100 min
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1986 comedy-drama film Crimes of the Heart, based on Beth Henley's play. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
