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Picking Up the Pieces
General Details
Director:
Alfonso Arau
Writer:
Bill Wilson
Producer:
Alfonso Arau, Donald Kushner, Mimi Polk Gitlin, Paul Sandberg, Peter Locke, Rony Yacov
Theatrical:
2000
Rated:
R
Studio:
Comala Films Productions
Genre:
Comedy
Duration:
95
IMDb:
0192455
DVD Details
Languages:
English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles:
English, French
Sound:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Aspect Ratio:
2.00 : 1
Picture Format:
Anamorphic Widescreen
UPC:
5017633200443
Discs:
1
Region:
1
Release:
Jan 2002
Credits
Tex Cowley
Woody Allen
Candy Cowley
Sharon Stone
Dr. Amado
Alfonso Arau
CNN Reporter
Brian Brophy
Juana
Betty Carvalho
Grasiento
Enrique Castillo
Unojo
Jorge Cervera Jr.
Texas John
O'Neal Compton
Desi
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Ricardo
Marcus Demian
Lalo Taxi Driver
Danny De La Paz
Father Buñuel
Andy Dick
Maria
Jeannine De La Torre
Sister Frida
Fran Drescher
Edsel Farkus
Richard Edson
David Schwimmer
Angélica Aragón
Summary
Woody Allen plays Tex, a kosher butcher. Sharon Stone plays his unfaithful wife Candy. Tex catches Candy in the act and in a fit of rage he kills her. To conceal his crime he cuts up her body and buries it in the desert in New Mexico. However, when her hand surfaces, a blind woman trips over it and it restores her sight. The hand is then considered to be the "hand of the Virgin." Despite the church's fallen priest (played by David Schwimmer) objecting, the ambitious mayor of the town (Cheech Marin) creates an international three-ring circus of miracle-seekers, TV crews, and born-again local prostitutes all interested in the hand. All of this goes on while Tex is desperately trying to recover the hand before the sheriff (Kiefer Sutherland) finds it and uses it as evidence against him.