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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 04/20/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Psychological Drama

Though there are several actors in Fool for Love, two share the majority of screen time: Sam Shepard as Eddie, and Kim Basinger as May. May toils away at a fleabag motel; Eddie is her former love, long absent. Unexpectedly re-entering May's life, Eddie picks up where he left off, and soon the couple is alternately bickering violently and making love with equal fervor. Peripheral characters include Harry Dean Stanton as a boozed-up bum, Martha Crawford as an aristocratic would-be murderer, and Randy Quaid as the current man in the heroine's life. This one-two punch of iconoclastic playwright Sam Shepard and unconventional director Robert Altman proved a failure at the box-office and with critics. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Sam Shepard - Eddie
Kim Basinger - May
Harry Dean Stanton - Old Man
Randy Quaid - Martin
Martha Crawford - May's mother

During the early part of the 1980s, Robert Altman took on a series of projects in which he directed cinematic adaptations of plays. His version of Sam Shepard's award-winning Fool for Love makes its DVD debut with this release from MGM. The picture is presented in a widescreen transfer preserving the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo Surround. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a 20-minute featurette titled "Robert Altman: Art and Soul," which features the gifted filmmaker discussing his approach to filming this renowned play. A short text note from Altman rounds out this fine disc that will be worthwhile to fans of the director as well as Shepard. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide