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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1986 DVD Release: 02/03/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy Drama, Tragi-comedy, Reunion Films See Also: Crimes of the Heart

Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Beth Henley (who also penned the screenplay), Crimes of the Heart stars three high-powered actresses as three high-strung sisters. Lenny (Diane Keaton), Meg (Jessica Lange) and Babe (Sissy Spacek) gather at Lenny's deep-South home for her birthday. Lenny, the oldest, can't seem to sustain a relationship with a man. Meg is an aspiring actress who hasn't progressed beyond commercial voice overs. And Babe is released on bond from jail after shooting her senator husband. Add to this information the fact that the girls' mother killed herself in Lenny's house, and that when Meg offhandedly expresses the wish that grouchy grandfather Hurd Hatfield would slip into a coma, he does, whereupon the sisters, despite every effort to treat the situation with proper sobriety, burst into helpless laughter over her "psychic" powers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Diane Keaton - Lenny Magrath
Jessica Lange - Meg Magrath
Sissy Spacek - Babe Magrath
Sam Shepard - Doc Porter
Tess Harper - Chick Boyle

Beth Henley's award-winning play was given a first-class screen adaptation in this comedy drama about three sisters from the deep South, which has been given a spare presentation on DVD. Crimes of the Heart has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. Viewers have two audio options: Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround. The dialogue on both tracks is in English with optional English subtitles, though no multiple-language options. No bonus material appears in this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide