Crimes of Passion [1984] dir Ken Russell

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Crimes of Passion (1984)

Crimes of Passion is a 1984 film directed by Ken Russell starring Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin and Annie Potts. The film explores themes of sexuality, failed relationships, and mental illness.

The film has a loud and synthesizer-heavy score by rock musician Rick Wakeman, the majority of which is made up of melodies directly lifted from Czech composer Antonin Dvor�k's "New World Symphony". Dvor�k's 1893 symphony, a salute to the young United States Of America, has no apparent thematic connection to the content of the movie; the use of this symphony may simply be a pun on the name of the company that made it, New World Pictures.

Wakeman has an uncredited role in the film as a wedding photographer.


Kathleen Turner ... Joanna Crane / China Blue
Bruce Davison ... Donny Hopper
Gordon Hunt ... Group Leader
Dan Gerrity ... Group Member #1
Anthony Perkins ... Rev. Peter Shayne
Terry Hoyos ... Group Member #2
Annie Potts ... Amy Grady
Vince McKewin ... Group Member #3
Deanna Oliver ... Group Member #4
Patricia Stevens ... Group Member $5
John Laughlin ... Bobby Grady
John G. Scanlon ... Carl
Janice Renney ... Stripper
Stephen Lee ... Jerry
Pat McNamara ... Frank

USA:112 min (director's cut)