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Antonio Banderas' directorial debut opens in the sweltering summer of 1965, and everyone in Alabamahas gone completely crazy, especially 12-year-old Peejoe's glamorous Aunt Lucille (Melanie Griffith). Deciding not to let her abusive husband stand in the way of her dreams of television stardom, shegets rid of him in a most unusual way and leaves Peejoe (Lucas Black) with lots of questions and one explosive secret. Accompanied only with her hatbox and its mysterious contents, Lucille tries to evade both the cops and her demons on her hiliarious journey to Hollywood, while Peejoe is left behind with his uncle (David Morse) in Alabama. And as he tries to steer clear of the cunning Sherriff John Doggett (Meat Loaf Aday), Peejoe learns which secrets to keep and which ones to tell in this poignant comedy about the price of freedom and why it's always worth it, whatever the cost.
Original Release
09/24/1999
US Release
10/22/1999
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Melanie Griffith | Lucille / Lucille Vinson |
David Morse | Dove / Dove Bullis |
Lucas Black | Peejoe / Peter Joseph 'Peejoe' Bullis |
Cathy Moriarty | Earlene / Earlene Bullis |
Meat Loaf | Sheriff John Doggett |
Rod Steiger | Judge Mead / Judge Louis Mead |
Richard Schiff | Norman / Norman the Chauffeur |
John Beasley | Nehemiah / Nehemiah Jackson |
Robert Wagner | Harry Hall |
Noah Emmerich | Sheriff Raymond |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Melanie Griffith | Lucille / Lucille Vinson |
David Morse | Dove / Dove Bullis |
Lucas Black | Peejoe / Peter Joseph 'Peejoe' Bullis |
Cathy Moriarty | Earlene / Earlene Bullis |
Meat Loaf | Sheriff John Doggett |
Rod Steiger | Judge Mead / Judge Louis Mead |
Richard Schiff | Norman / Norman the Chauffeur |
John Beasley | Nehemiah / Nehemiah Jackson |
Robert Wagner | Harry Hall |
Noah Emmerich | Sheriff Raymond |
Sandra Seacat | Meemaw |
Paul Ben-Victor | Mackie / D.A. Mackie |
Brad Beyer | Jack |
Fannie Flagg | Sally |
Elizabeth Perkins | Joan Blake |
Linda Hart | Madelyn |
Paul Mazursky | Walter Schwegmann |
Holmes Osborne | Larry Russell |
William Converse-Roberts | Murphy |
David Speck | Wiley |
Producers
Name | Role |
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James Dyer | Executive Producer |
Linda Goldstein Knowlton | Producer |
Debra Hill | Producer |
Diane Isaacs | Producer |
Meir Teper | Producer |