Scorchers
1991
Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid (Emily Lloyd) and Dolan (James Wilder). The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence. Read more
| Starring | Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, James Earl Jones, Emily Lloyd |
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| Director | David Beaird |
| Genres | Drama |
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Scorchers
Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid (Emily Lloyd) and Dolan (James Wilder). The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence.
| Starring | Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, James Earl Jones, Emily Lloyd, Jennifer Tilly, James Wilder, Anthony Geary, Leland Crooke, Luke Perry |
|---|---|
| Director | David Beaird |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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Talk about a misnomer! But, then, talk is all they ever do in this dismal stage to screen transfer. An unusually strong cast including Faye Dunaway and James Earl Jones rant and rave to little effect in a philosophical tale of sex and Southern girl Emily Lloyd who would rather hide under the bed than be in it on her wedding night. She plays Splendid and her name is the only thing that is in a tepid Tennessee Williams inspired, high-decibel shouting match barely held together by globs of blue bayou mysticism.
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Beaird's adaptation of his own play begins with a folksy five-minute monologue exhorting us to believe what we feel,... read more on Time Out
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Scorchers
Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid (Emily Lloyd) and Dolan (James Wilder). The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence....
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