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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 03/18/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 51 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Gay & Lesbian Films, Ensemble Film

Writer-director Del Shores serves up a heaping helping of Southern-fried comic melodrama in this adaptation of his own play about infidelity, country & western music, and Airstream trailers. When their sister dies, Latrelle (Bonnie Bedelia), LaVonda (Ann Walker), and Sissy (Beth Grant) plan her funeral -- an unenviable task, considering that they must carefully hide the deceased's affair with amputee G.W. (Beau Bridges) from his wife, the vindictive Noleta (Delta Burke). Meanwhile, the trio has to come to terms with two cases of sexual orientation: Latrelle's openly gay soap-opera star son Ty (Kirk Geiger), whose sexuality she continues to deny; and their only brother, Boy (Leslie Jordan), who's serving a sentence in a mental ward for his adamant belief that he is actually country & western legend Tammy Wynette. Playing an aspiring singer-songwriter, Olivia Newton-John turns up to provide the film with the occasional musical interlude. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Newell Alexander - Wardell Owens
Rosemary Alexander - Dr. Eve Bollinger
Bonnie Bedelia - Latrelle Williamson
Beau Bridges - G. W. Nethercott

The dark comedy Sordid Lives comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.77:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by numerous people involved in the production, and deleted scenes with optional commentary. This is a solid release from 20th Century Fox of a little seen film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide