Crazy in Alabama

Crazy in Alabama

Sometimes you have to lose your mind to find your freedom.

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Release Date

10/22/1999

Runtime

111 mins

Overview

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A sprawling Southern tale that weaves together an abused woman's reckless pursuit of reinvention with her nephew's reckoning with injustice and racism in 1950s Alabama. The film toggles between rebellion and heartbreak, finding dark humor and genuine emotion in the collision between personal liberation and systemic corruption.

Mood

DefiantBittersweetWistful

Themes

FreedomFamilyRaceComing of age

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

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Graphic violenceRacial violence

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