Crazy in Alabama

Crazy in Alabama follows two strands set in the summer of 1965. Lucille Vinson leaves her abusive husband behind and travels from Alabama to California hoping to break into television. Back home, her twelve-year-old nephew, Peter Joseph, known as Peejoe, is drawn into a local conflict involving a racially motivated killing and a corrupt sheriff.

The film was directed by Antonio Banderas, working from a screenplay by Mark Childress, and was produced by Debra Hill, Meir Teper and Linda Goldstein Knowlton. It was the second feature Banderas directed. Melanie Griffith plays Lucille, with David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf and Rod Steiger in supporting roles.

Made for a budget of 15 million dollars, the film took in about 2 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.3 from roughly 7,800 votes, while on TMDB its rating is 6 out of 10 from a much smaller number of votes.