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Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Banderas and based on Mark Childress' 1993 novel of the same name. The film stars Melanie Griffith as an abused housewife who becomes an actress, while her nephew deals with a racially motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Oct 22, 1999 · Crazy in Alabama: Directed by Antonio Banderas. With Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty. An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Crazy in Alabama. In 1965, eccentric Lucille Vinson (Melanie Griffith) murders her abusive husband, chops off his head and flees to Hollywood to pursue television fame.
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Oct 22, 1999 · One wonders whether the eccentric local judge, who has such sympathy for a sexy brunet who chops off her husband's head, will be such a humanitarian when it comes judging a racist white sheriff, in a town with no black voters. The head-chopping is announced almost in the first scene.
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff. A backwoods Alabama boy named Peejoe -short for Peter Joseph- gets a quick education in grown-up matters like freedom in 1965.
Crazy in Alabama. 1999 · 1 hr 53 min. PG-13. Comedy · Crime · Drama. Lucille, is an eccentric who goes to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. In tow is her nephew, Peejoe, an Alabama boy who's about to get a fast education. Subtitles: English.
Antonio Banderas' directorial debut weaves together the stories of a boy coming of age in racially charged 1960's Alabama, and his eccentric aunt (Melanie Griffith) on the run to Hollywood...
Jul 29, 2023 · Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Banderas and based on Mark Childress' 1993 novel of the same name.
Now, with Crazy in Alabama, Childress delivers the touching and vastly entertaining tale of Peejoe, an orphan boy who comes of age during a racially restless summer in the Deep South, and Lucille, his zany aunt who flees from a soul-numbing marriage -- a union she can't entirely escape in the end.
Sep 10, 1999 · Crazy in Alabama. Tackling a dual-tracked story with a blackly comic tone that would rep a tricky challenge even for a seasoned filmmaker, Antonio Banderas pulls off a creditable directorial...
