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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1992 DVD Release: 12/15/1998 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: Sterling Home Entertainment Total Copies: 1 Genres: Drama, Crime, Psychological Drama, Post-Noir (Modern Noir) See Also: Gun Crazy, Guncrazy

Not so much a remake of Joseph H. Lewis's 1949 film noir classic as a variation on its themes, Guncrazy stars Drew Barrymore as Anita, a teenage girl who was born in a trailer park on the wrong side of the tracks and has been fighting a losing battle with respectability ever since. Anita was abused sexually by her mother's boyfriend (played by onetime Warhol "superstar" Joe Dallesandro), is the subject of lewd advances by the school bullies, and is looked on as a slut and a loser by her peers. When Anita has to find a pen pal for a class assignment, she ends up corresponding with a prisoner named Howard (James LeGros), who's serving time for manslaughter. Howard is one of the first people to address Anita with tenderness and respect, so when he gets parole, Howard moves in with her. Howard's obsessive love of guns, however, once again leads to violence, and the couple hits the road hoping to escape their fates. The debut film from director Tamra Davis, Guncrazy was originally shown on cable television, but received enough critical acclaim to merit a later theatrical release. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Drew Barrymore - Anita Minteer
James LeGros - Howard
Billy Drago - Hank Fulton
Joe Dallesandro - Rooney
Rodney Harvey - Tom
Michael Ironside - Mr. Kincaid