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Crimes of Passion (1984)
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19 October 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
Her name is China Blue. She is watched. She is worshipped. And, she must remain a mystery. morePlot:
A sportswear designer leads a double life as a hooker named China Blue. One of her clients, a divorced man... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreNewsDesk:
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Has the crummy, dim-bulb ambiance of a porny picture... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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107 min | USA:112 min (director's cut)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (1992) | Finland:K-18 (1985) | UK:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | France:-16 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Australia:M (DVD rating)Filming Locations:
Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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The artwork interspersed between shots is by artists Aubrey Beardsley and Sir John Everett Millais, among others. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Kathleen Turner/John Waite (#10.10)" (1985) moreSoundtrack:
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Kathleen Turner is admirable playing a prim businesswoman by day and a kinky hooker named China Blue by night. This determinedly-weird sex-odyssey from outré filmmaker Ken Russell does indeed have the force behind its salacious convictions--it is almost embarrassingly sordid and one genuinely feels for the performers on-screen--but as a psycho-drama it feels half-baked. The subplots, one involving family man John Laughlin with sexless wife Annie Potts and the other, sillier one concerning Anthony Perkins as a sidewalk preacher, only take time away from Turner's intriguing impersonation. Last minute revisions forced upon the production leaves the last-act feeling choppy, however there's some satire here (big city business and stifling suburbia) that gnaws at you in both good and bad ways. The screenwriter, Barry Sandler, has many targets and a lot of interesting things to stay, but the deadened look and feel of the movie makes it all seem like a repugnant gag. Yesterday's kink is today's old news. ** from ****