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Scorchers | |
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Directed by | David Beaird |
Written by | David Beaird |
Produced by | Morrie Eisenman and Richard Hellman |
Starring | Faye Dunaway Denholm Elliott James Earl Jones Emily Lloyd Jennifer Tilly |
Narrated by | Leland Crooke (opening and closing monologues) |
Cinematography | Peter Deming |
Edited by | David Garfield |
Music by | Carter Burwell |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom) Media Home Entertainment through Fox Video (United States) |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Scorchers is a 1991 ensemble drama written and directed by David Beaird with a cast of Faye Dunaway, James Earl Jones, Denholm Elliott, Leland Crooke and Emily Lloyd. The film is based on David Beaird's 1985 stage play of the same name which premiered at the Equity Waiver Theater in Los Angeles, also featuring Leland Crooke in the cast. [1]
Scorchers takes place in Cajun Louisiana on the wedding night of a young woman named Splendid (played by Emily Lloyd). Splendid is scared to death of what will happen in the bedroom with her new husband Dolan (James Wilder) and her father, Jumper (Leland Crooke), finds himself having to coax his daughter to submit to the groom.
Meanwhile, Talbot (Jennifer Tilly) comes to terms with the fact that her husband has not been satisfied at home and has been cheating on her, as the town prostitute, Thais (Faye Dunaway) shares her wisdom on the ways of men—all this takes place while the town bartender, Bear (James Earl Jones) and the town drunk, Howler (Denholm Elliott), debate the finer points of music and life.
Title | Composer | Performer | Master Provided by | Courtesy of |
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Les Flammes D'Enfer | Traditional | Mamou | Jungle Productions/Austin, Texas | |
Tit Galop Pour Mamou | Dewey Balfa | Mamou | Jungle Productions | Flat Town Music Co. |
Bayou Teche | Nathan Abshire | Mamou | Jungle Productions | Flat Town Music Co. |
Jolie Blonde | Traditional | Mamou | Jungle Productions | |
La Louisiane | Steve LaFleur | Mamou | Jungle Productions | Stephen LaFleur Music |
Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto | Gustav Mahler | The Budapest Festival Orchestra | Ivan Fischer | Delta Music, Inc. |
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