MARY McDONNELL   ALFRE WOODWARD   LENORE BANKS   WILL MAHONEY   

NELL STOKES  and   ANGELA BASSETT

star in

A John Sayles film

PASSION FISH

"Two BIG Thumbs Up!" - Siskel and Ebert

Nominated for 2-Academy awards - Best Actress, Mary McDonnell and Best Screenplay. John Sayles

Deluxe Widescreen Version

2 x LASER DISC set - NEW - NEVER PLAYED!! - VERY, VERY RARE!! - NTSC - COLOUR - 135-minutes - USA "R"-rated

** NOTE: This is a 2 x LASER DISC set - NOT A DVD - you need a laser disc player to view same. 

Cover has small crease mark in top right hand corner - hardly noticeable - no impact on the disc play. **

May-Alice Culhane was a successful soap opera star, but a car accident has left her bound to a wheelchair.

She returns to her now-empty family home in the bayous of Louisiana which she had eagerly left years before.

 She drinks heavily and vents her bitterness on the succession of nurses who are hired to take care of her and immediately quit because she is so unbearable.

Chantelle is the latest of these nurses, and May-Alice is told that Chantelle is the last nurse she'll get.

Chantelle for reasons of her own, is also in a position where she badly needs the job to work out.

The movie focuses on how these two women become friends and help each other heal emotionally.

John Sayles is one of the finest film makers around, and "Passion Fish" ranks as his most human, funny, and provoking film. 

 Fuelled by tremendous performances by the always reliable Mary McDonnell and the extraordinary Alfre Woodard, "Passion Fish" takes a slow, easy pace through the Louisiana bayous and through difficult adjustments with life. 

 David Strathairn, Vondie Curtis Hall, are McDonnell and Woodard's love interests, respectively, and add wonderful colours of both subtle and flamboyant hues. 

We find ourselves laughing at McDonnell's crude humor as paralyzed soap opera actress May Alice, especially in an amusing segment in which she drives away a number of interestingly characteristic nurses. 

 Then, May Alice meets Woodard's Chantelle, a Chicago woman looking to rectify her own life. 

 Their friendship is stunning, the ride is a pure joy. 

 "Passion Fish" is a quiet film, and meant for those who enjoy those voyages through life with patience, humour, and camaraderie through the most difficult of circumstances, ultimately finding the true gifts of life.