Crazy In Alabama Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Antonio Banderas
Genres: Comedy Drama
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Comedy and drama take turns in this period piece based on a novel by Mark_Childress. Peejoe (Lucas_Black), short for Peter Joseph, lives in a small Alabama town in 1965, at the height of the Civil Rights movement. He becomes involved with a group of black students protesting the town's racially segregated municipal swimming pool, leading to a protest that explodes into deadly violence. But Peejoe has gotten a crash course in standing your ground and following your own path from his free-spirited Aunt Lucille (Melanie_Griffith), who has killed her abusive husband and is headed for Hollywood, where she's convinced that television stardom awaits her. Crazy in Alabama marked the directorial debut of actor Antonio_Banderas; his supporting cast includes Cathy_Moriarty, Elizabeth_Perkins, Rod_Steiger, Fannie_Flagg, and Meat_Loaf_Aday. Mark Deming, Rovi
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