Where was Crimes of the Heart filmed?
1987 film, directed by Bruce Beresford.
- North Carolina
The story is set in Mississippi, about 596 miles (960 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Mississippi
- Filmed in
- North Carolina
- Distance
- About 596 miles (960 km) between Mississippi and the nearest filming location.
About Crimes of the Heart
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- Released
- 1987
- Director
- Bruce Beresford
- Cast
- Diane KeatonJessica LangeSissy SpacekSam ShepardTess HarperHurd HatfieldTom MasonGreg TravisTom Mason
- Genre
- ComedyDrama
- Based on
- Crimes of the Heart
- Awards
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress; Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The story
The eccentric Magrath sisters—Lenny, Meg, and Rebecca "Babe"—reunite at their family home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi on Lenny's birthday, after Babe shoots and seriously injures her abusive husband, Zackery Botrelle.
After Lenny learns that Old Granddaddy has just suffered a stroke in the hospital, Babe is released to her sisters from the county jail.
When confronted by Zackery, Babe shot him with the pistol before preparing herself lemonade.
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