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Big Bad Love is a american film of genre Drama directed by Arliss Howard released in USA on 11 october 2001 with Arliss Howard
Big Bad Love (2001)
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Add to a movie listBig Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown. The story recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow, who is played by Arliss Howard, and his wife, played by Howard's wife Debra Winger. The soundtrack includes music by Tom Verlaine, the Kronos Quartet, and R. L. Burnside.
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Big Bad Love shares its title and characters with those in Mississippi writer Larry Brown's short story collection, particularly those in the book's final story, "92 Days".Actors
Arliss Howard
(Barlow)
Debra Winger
(Marilyn)
Paul Le Mat
(Monroe)
Rosanna Arquette
(Velma)
Angie Dickinson
(Mrs. Barlow)
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