Crazy in Alabama (1999)
- Starring:
- Melanie Griffith, David Morse, (more)
- Director(s):
- Antonio Banderas
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Crazy in Alabama
Comedy and drama take turns in this period piece based on a novel by Mark Childress. Peejoe (Lucas Black), short for Peter Joseph, lives in a small Alabama town in 1965, at the height of the Civil Rights movement. He becomes involved with a group of black students protesting the town's racially segregated municipal swimming pool, leading to a protest that explodes into deadly violence. But Peejoe has gotten a crash course in standing your ground and following your own path from his free-spirited Aunt Lucille (Melanie Griffith), who has killed her abusive husband and is headed for Hollywood, where she's convinced that television stardom awaits her. Crazy in Alabama marked the directorial debut of actor Antonio Banderas; his supporting cast includes Cathy Moriarty, Elizabeth Perkins, Rod Steiger, Fannie Flagg, and Meat Loaf Aday. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 113 mins
Complete Cast of Crazy in Alabama
- Melanie Griffith - Aunt Lucille
- Lucas Black - Peter Joseph "Peejoe" Bullis
- Meat Loaf - Sheriff John Doggett
- Richard Schiff - Norman
- Robert Wagner - Harry Hall
- Sandra Seacat - Meemaw
- Brad Beyer - Jack
- Elizabeth Perkins - Joan Blake
- Paul Mazursky - Walter Schwegmann
- William Converse-Roberts - Murphy
- Louis Miller - Taylor Jackson
- David Morse - Dove
- Cathy Moriarty - Earlene
- Rod Steiger - Judge Mead
- John Beasley - Nehemiah
- Noah Emmerich - Sheriff Raymond
- Paul Ben-Victor - Mackie
- Fannie Flagg - Sally
- Linda Hart - Madelyn
- Holmes Osborne - Larry Russell
- David Speck - Wiley
- Director(s):
- Antonio Banderas
- Writer(s):
- Mark Childress
- Producer(s):
- Debra Hill, Diane Sillan-Isaacs, Meir Teper
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Mild Violence, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Sexual Situations)
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