Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) (TV)

Director:

John Herzfeld

Writer (WGA):

John Herzfeld (written by)

Release Date:

3 January 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Plot:

The third made-for-TV movie detailing the relationship between the Long Island "Lethal Lolita" Amy Fisher (Alyssa Milano) with auto mechanic Joey Buttafuoco (Jack Scalia). Where as the first one (which starred Noelle Parker) detailed Amy Fisher's point of view, the second (which starred Drew Barrymore) detailed the public's point of view, this version details it from the Buttafuoco family's point of view with Joey Buttafuoco playing a shady, straight-arrow family man who becomes the obsession of unbalanced teen Amy Fisher which leads to her to shooting his wife in the head on an August morning in 1992.

Plot Keywords:

Lover | Lolita | Mechanic | Tabloid | Crime Of Passion

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Scalia	...	Joseph 'Joey' Buttafuoco
Alyssa Milano	...	Amy Fisher
Phyllis Lyons	...	Mary Jo Buttafuoco
Leo Rossi	...	Bobby Buttafuoco
J.E. Freeman	...	Det. Marty Algar
Peter Van Norden	...	Joey's Attorney
Lawrence Tierney	...	Joey Buttafucco's Father
Anne De Salvo
Michael Bowen	...	Paul Makely
Jack Kehler	...	Elliot Fisher
Jeff Perry	...	Amy's Attorney
Georgia Emelin
Mike Girard Sheehan	...	Vince Donnelly
Nancy Cassaro	...	Maria
Nick Corello	...	Frankie (as Nicky Corello)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

The Sokolow Company

Trivia:

With this film, Alyssa Milano shed her good-girl persona.

Quotes:

Mary Jo Buttafuoco: This is, like, the worst thing that could ever happen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Gwyneth Paltrow/Barenaked Ladies (#24.12)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Love Is Pain

Awesome and Horrible at the same time.

Wow, this is wicked awesome. I was sitting around this Saturday afternoon, looking for something to watch and Lo and Behold "Long Island Lolita Story" appears on the TV. On the Lifetime network - of course! This is the same channel I've seen such classics as "No One Would Tell" starring Kevin Arnold and DJ Tanner and "Unwed Father" starring David Silver from the original 90210.

Anyway, its clear Joey Buttafuoco was totally 100% innocent. I mean sure...he actually pled guilty to statutory rape, and in the ensuing years he's been arrested for fraud and solicitation of hookers, so you see, he's just a real nice guy that just was hit on by a slutty long island Lolita, he never slept with her or did anything wrong! Watch this movie any chance you get!