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Sordid Lives | |
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Directed by | Del Shores |
Written by | Del Shores |
Produced by | Sharyn Lane Victoria Alonso Max Civon J. Todd Harris William Edward Phipps |
Starring | Bonnie Bedelia Delta Burke Leslie Jordan Beau Bridges Olivia Newton-John |
Cinematography | Max Civon |
Edited by | Ed Marx |
Music by | George S. Clinton |
Production companies | Daly-Harris Productions Davis Entertainment Classics Sordid Lives LLC |
Distributed by | Regent Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sordid Lives is a 2000 American independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Del Shores. [1] The film tells the story of a Texas family coming together in the aftermath of the matriarch's death. The screenplay is based on the award-winning 1996 play of the same name by Shores. [2]
The film was followed by the 2008 television series Sordid Lives: The Series and the 2017 film A Very Sordid Wedding.
A colorful family from a small Texas town must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her much-younger married neighbor. The woman's family must deal with their own demons while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
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1. | "Sordid Lives" | Olivia Newton-John | 02:07 | |
2. | "Opening" | George S. Clinton | George S. Clinton | 02:12 |
3. | "Trash Talk" | Delta Burke / Beth Grant | 00:49 | |
4. | "Better a Painful Ending, Than an Endless Pain" | Sharyn Lane / Mark McGuinn | Bobbie Eakes / Doo Wah Riders | 04:08 |
5. | "Blue Country" | George S. Clinton | George S. Clinton | 02:28 |
6. | "Tallywacker Talk/Mano a Mano" | Bonnie Bedelia /George S. Clinton / Kirk Geiger / Beth Grant | 02:48 | |
7. | "Truth Talk" | Bonnie Bedelia / Beth Grant / Ann Yvonne Walker | 00:54 | |
8. | "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | A.P. Carter | Olivia Newton-John | 02:05 |
9. | "Ty's Theme" | George S. Clinton | George S. Clinton | 01:34 |
10. | "Someone to Grow Young With" | Kacey Jones / Sharyn Lane | Kacey Jones | 03:44 |
11. | "No Fault Love" | Kacey Jones / Sharyn Lane | Kacey Jones | 03:11 |
12. | "Sh*t Talk" | Beau Bridges / Earl H. Bullock | 00:13 | |
13. | "Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood" | Kacey Jones / Sharyn Lane | J. Scott Jones | 02:24 |
14. | "Cheatin'" | Newell Alexander | 01:39 | |
15. | "Break-Out Talk/Escape" | Newell Alexander /Rosemary Alexander /Mitch Carter /George S. Clinton / Leslie Jordan / Mary Margaret Lewis | 01:39 | |
16. | "Please Don't Be Gay" | Sharyn Lane | Sharron Alexis | 02:19 |
17. | "Mother/Son Talk" | Bonnie Bedelia / Kirk Geiger | 01:55 | |
18. | "Coming Home" | Olivia Newton-John | 02:10 | |
19. | "In Daddy's Eyes" | George S. Clinton | George S. Clinton | 04:17 |
20. | "Tex-Mex" | George S. Clinton | George S. Clinton | 01:59 |
21. | "Funeral Talk" | Olivia Newton-John | 01:03 | |
22. | "Just As I Am" | William B. Bradbury / Charlotte Elliot | Olivia Newton-John | 01:01 |
23. | "Transvestite Talk" | Bonnie Bedelia / Beau Bridges / Kirk Geiger / Beth Grant / Leslie Jordan / Olivia Newton-John /Ann Yvonne Walker | 00:32 | |
24. | "Just As I Am (Conclusion)" | William B. Bradbury / Charlotte Elliot | Olivia Newton-John | 00:41 |
25. | "Mama Talk" | Leslie Jordan | 00:05 | |
26. | "Sordid Lives (Reprise)" | Olivia Newton-John | 00:58 | |
27. | "Trust Yourself" | Olivia Newton-John | Olivia Newton-John | 05:38 |
Total length: | 54:33 |
In Fall 2014, Del Shores announced that he was working on a sequel to the film titled A Very Sordid Wedding.[ citation needed ] Beard Collins Shores Productions launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to assemble the project and secure investor financing. [3] The campaign ended on October 29, 2014, and filming for the sequel began in October 2015.[ citation needed ] The film premiered in Palm Springs, California, on March 10, 2017.[ citation needed ]
The film picks up 16 years after the events of the first film and deals with the impact of the advancement of same-sex marriage in the conservative Southern community. Several actors from the original Sordid Lives film reprise their roles, including Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan, Newell Alexander, Sarah Hunley, Rosemary Alexander, Ann Walker, and Kirk Geiger. Joining them from the Sordid Lives series are David Steen, David Cowgill, and Caroline Rhea. [4]
Original actors Beth Grant and Olivia Newton-John turned down offers to return for the sequel.[ citation needed ] While Grant's role of Sissy was recast, Newton-John's role of Bitsy Mae was written out of the script. Shores also announced that several new actors would be joining the returning performers. In Spring 2015, Whoopi Goldberg was added to the cast as Ty's mother in-law. [5] [6]
Continuing the story, Viacom's Logo television channel produced Sordid Lives: The Series , consisting of 12 episodes.[ citation needed ] The television version begins at a point before that covered in the film, with Rue McClanahan as the mother, Peggy Ingram. Many of the film cast returned, including Leslie Jordan and Olivia Newton-John. Caroline Rhea replaced Delta Burke, and Jason Dottley replaced Kirk Geiger as Ty Williamson.[ citation needed ]
The series premiered on July 23, 2008, and ended after one season on October 29, 2008. [7]
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