“Crimes of the Heart” quotes
(1986)
Bruce Beresford
directed this movie
in 1986
Title Crimes of the Heart
Year 1986
Director Bruce Beresford
Genre Drama, Comedy
Year 1986
Director Bruce Beresford
Genre Drama, Comedy
Plot – The three Magrath sisters gather together in their old family house in Mississippi. Lenny is a plaintive spinster and takes care of the sick grandfather, Meg has left her hometown to have a career in theatre, while Babe has just been released by police. When the three sisters reunite for their grandfather's birthday, the meeting is firstly unusual but they re-create the family atmosphere. Their mother hanged herself together with the family cat because their father left her. They remember also Lenny's first love, then other memories. While Babe is assisted by a lawyer, Meg believes to have finally found happiness and Lenny finally meets the man of her dreams. Their grandfather is hospitalized, meanwhile Babe decides to kill herself but Meg saves her just in time. Despite the circumstances, now the three sisters believe they are strongly bonded.
All actors – Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, David Carpenter, Hurd Hatfield, Beeson Carroll, Jean Willard, Tom Mason, Gregory Eugene Travis, Annie McKnight
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“- Meg Magrath: Why'd you do it, Babe? Why'd you put your head in the oven?
- Babe Magrath: I don't know... I'm having a bad day.”“- Babe Magrath: She told me how embarrassing it was for her all those years ago. You know, when mama...
- Meg Magrath: Yeah, down in the cellar.
- Babe Magrath: She said our mama had shamed the entire family and that we were known notoriously all through Hazelhurst. Then she went on to say how I would now be getting just as much bad publicity...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Chick Boyle: You shouldn't smoke. It causes cancer of the lungs. Each one of those little cigarettes is a stick of death.
- Meg Magrath: That's what I like about it Chick, taking a drag off death. What power! What exhilaration!”“- Lucille Botrelle: The damage to the spinal column's not yet been determined. But his breathing's stabilized and his liver's been saved.
- Lenny Magrath: That's good news.
- Lucille Botrelle: None of this is good news Lennie Magrath! It's all a grueling nightmare and you mark my word those resposible will pay dearly!”
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