Scorchers

Starring:Scorchers
Studio: Trinity Home Ent
Product Type: DVD

Description

Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid (Emily Lloyd) and Dolan (James Wilder). The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence. On the other side of town Splendids' cousin (Jennifer Tilly) has her own problems. Her man has been sleeping with Thais (Faye Dunaway), the town hooker. She heads to the Tiger Cafe with gun in hand to get back her man.

Customer Reviews:

Mahler in the bayou.......2007-05-28

This is a rather indescribable movie. There are some scenes of this film that are hysterically funny, mostly backwoods / redneck style humor. There are yet other scenes that are exceptionally deep and trenchant. In short, the movie covers the whole spectrum (somehow?).

James Earl Jones is terrific as a southern backwoods open-minded bartender. Faye Dunnaway obviously enjoyed her role as an unrepentant courtesan. Jennifer Tilly is comical as a wife who needs to learn how to become sexy. Those are the 3 big name Thespians in the movie.

You will have to see the film for yourself to delve into all the subplots. It is pretty close to being a real-time movie as it all takes place in an afternoon and evening in the bayou. If someone were to ask me why I love this film, I would have to say, simply, "I don't know." There is a certain mystery that permeates even the slapstick humor. The movie is both fun-loving and as sombre as the Mahler(!) adagio that is used in the soundtrack. In short, this film is mesmerizing....

Scorchers.......2007-05-26

I saw this movie in the early 90's and enjoyed it very much. . We were talking about it recently and I ordered it from Amazon. I just watched it and liked it even more. The acting in this little sleeper is terrific, overshadowing more famous actors in better known movies. You laugh and you cry. It's a wonderful story about life.

Please enter a title for your review.......2006-01-31

This is a truly unique deranged movie about a couple of simple-minded young women trying to make sense of their lives. It's an odd mix of poignance and ridiculousness involving a lot of crazy intentional overacting. The emotional turmoil is serious, but the vocal inflection is consistently ridiculous. It reminds me of Beetlejuice, Evil Dead, The Nature Of The Beast, Roadracers, Crybaby, and The Road To Wellville. Those movies all have a similarly off-kilter blend of seriousness and insanity that defies even the conventions of being unconventional.

A hilarious "sleeper" with a great cast.......2005-10-27

You are going to laugh yourself silly while watching this one! It's not a movie for children at all,as it contains adult humor, but it isn't vulgar either. My husband & I saw this movie several years ago, I think it was on HBO, & have been trying to find it ever since! We mentioned it to several of our friends, but none of us could ever find it to rent nor could we find any mention of it when looking it up either by name or under the credits of any of the actors/actresses in it.
It's actually several stories taking place all at the same time in a very small southern town,centered around a wedding celebration, but they are all intertwined. One story involves Faye Dunaway as the town's "scorcher" (hooker), James Earl Jones as the local barkeep, & Denholm Elliot as the town drunk. They play off of each other superbly. At one point in their converstion JEJ ducks behind the bar because he is laughing so hard; I think it may have been an out-take that the director decided to keep in because it's just so funny! In fact, I would love to be able to see the out-takes because as funny as the movie is itself, they must have been great!

Superb........2005-06-07

I want to start with the opening monologue, a piece of writing so well written and executed that I --no matter how many times I watch it-- cannot avoid getting misty eyed. This is by far the biggest gem the film has to offer.

I'm very happy to say they added this back into the DVD, and though it doesn't pertain directly to the rest of the story it certainly has a purpose in that it tends to enamour the audience towards Jumper, making the rest of the film much more enjoyable.

The story takes part in different pieces, one part following the exploits of a whore and a married woman clashing over her husband and father -- the more cohesive and down-to-earth of the two larger stories, another that shows us the bedroom of a couple on their wedding night as the bride fears sex and death. The last bit of the story is my favorite, the shortest and most scattered of the story, strung out in bits exposing the truth of a deadbeat actor turned town alcoholic as he's pressed to explain the point of classical music to a bartender played by James Earl Jones.

As said below, it's not an action movie, and is instead very character based and shows the roots of its original writing. It's nice for a night alone, or with friends who know how to keep quiet and listen. Curl up in a blanket and take a trip down the bayou, you won't regret it.

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