Themes: Sexual Awakening, Southern Gothic, Romantic Betrayal
Main Cast: Milla Jovovich, Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Kristy McNichol, Martin Hewitt, Burl Ives
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 104 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Zalman King wrote and directed this soft-core Harlequinesque Romance that plays like Tennessee Williams meets Fredericks of Hollywood. April Delongpre (Sherilyn Fenn) is the daughter of a powerful senator and heiress to an old and respectable Southern family. April is engaged to marry the granite-handsome Chad Douglas Fairchild (Martin Hewitt) within a few days. But Chad has gone to Tuscaloosa to sign papers for their condo and the rest of the family has headed off to the lake, leaving April in the house alone with nothing to do except take long and languid showers--until she sets her eyes on the pecs of carnival roustabout Perry (Richard Tyson). Soon the two are making tasteful love in every nook and cranny of April's mansion. Unfortunately for the two sexual athletes, April's grandmother (Louise Fletcher) has assigned the local sheriff (Burl Ives) to keep an eye on her. And an eye on her he keeps, so that during the wedding ceremony, he has quite a story to tell. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Millie Perkins - Mrs. Delongpre; Don Galloway - Senator Delongpre; Herve Villechaize - Smiley; Dabbs Greer - Kyle; Juanita Moore - Delilah; Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Black Club Singer; Nancy Fish - Ball M.C.; Jake - Perry's Dog; Milla Jovovich - Samantha; Luisa Leschin - Motel Maid; Chris Pederson - Speed; Kerry Remsen - Caralee; Robert S. Telford - Gardener; James Johnson - Deputy; Brad Logan - Carny Vendor; Sharon Madden - Caterer; Lisa Peders - Teenage Girl; Nicole Rosselle - Judy; Harry Cohn - Bock
Credit
Sarah Burdick - Art Director, Linda Francis - Casting, Russell Clark - Choreography, Maria Mancuso - Costume Designer, Zalman King - Director, Marc Grossman - Editor, Don Levin - Executive Producer, Mel Pearl - Executive Producer, Jonathan Elias - Composer (Music Score), Billy Bizeau - Songwriter, Bo Diddley - Songwriter, Jerry Harrison - Songwriter, Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Songwriter, Loria Jonzun - Songwriter, Michael Jonzun - Songwriter, PJ - Songwriter, Michael Practorius - Songwriter, Billy Preston - Songwriter, Michelle Minch - Production Designer, Mark Plummer - Cinematographer, Donald P. Borchers - Producer, Susan Mina Eschelbach - Set Designer, Stephen Halbert - Sound/Sound Designer, Zalman King - Screen Story, Zalman King - Screenwriter, Patric J. Abaravich - Chief Lighting Technician, Bruce Fisher - Featured Music, MacGregor Douglas - Short Story Author
April Delongpre (Sherilyn Fenn) is the well-born daughter of a powerful senator and heiress to an old and respectable Southern family. April is engaged to marry Chad Douglas Fairchild (Martin Hewitt) within a few days. But Chad has gone to Tuscaloosa to sign papers for their condo and the rest of the family has headed off to the lake. April commences an affair with Perry Tyson (Richard Tyson) a carnival roustabout she had met a few days previously.
April's grandmother Belle Delongpre (Louise Fletcher) has assigned the local sheriff Earl Hawkins (Burl Ives) to keep an eye on her. On the day of April's wedding, Belle and the sheriff quietly conspire to get rid of Perry. But Perry escapes, and April, now wearing a wedding band, finds him and they kiss.
This is also one of the few films that feature an "R" rating and has full frontal female and male nudity, along with softcore sex scenes.
