Guncrazy Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tamra Davis
Genres: Drama, Crime
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Not so much a remake of Joseph_H._Lewis's 1949 film noir classic as a variation on its themes, Guncrazy stars Drew_Barrymore as Anita, a teenage girl who was born in a trailer park on the wrong side of the tracks and has been fighting a losing battle with respectability ever since. Anita was abused sexually by her mother's boyfriend (played by onetime Warhol "superstar" Joe_Dallesandro), is the subject of lewd advances by the school bullies, and is looked on as a slut and a loser by her peers. When Anita has to find a pen pal for a class assignment, she ends up corresponding with a prisoner named Howard (James LeGros), who's serving time for manslaughter. Howard is one of the first people to address Anita with tenderness and respect, so when he gets parole, Howard moves in with her. Howard's obsessive love of guns, however, once again leads to violence, and the couple hits the road hoping to escape their fates. The debut film from director Tamra_Davis, Guncrazy was originally shown on cable television, but received enough critical acclaim to merit a later theatrical release. Mark Deming, Rovi
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