A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
Cinematography
Hazy, backlit sweat that makes Georgia look like a perfume ad.
Costume
Fenn's lingerie-as-daywear revolution.
Direction
Zalman King's singular, sleazy-auteur vision.
Director
Zalman King
Sherilyn Fenn
April Delongpre
Richard Tyson
Perry Tyson
Louise Fletcher
Belle Delongpre
Burl Ives
Sheriff Earl Hawkins
Kristy McNichol
Patti Jean
Don Galloway
Senator Delongpre
Dabbs Greer
Kyle
Martin Hewitt
Chad Douglas Fairchild
Juanita Moore
Delilah
Millie Perkins
Mrs. Delongpre
Hervé Villechaize
Smiley
Milla Jovovich
Samantha Delongpre
Kerry Remsen
Carolee
Chris Pedersen
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Zalman King's directorial debut after producing 9½ Weeks — he basically invented the elegant-erotic VHS aesthetic.
Sherilyn Fenn became a Twin Peaks icon two years later; this film's cult following helped land her the Audrey Horne role.
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