Susan Sarandon, Rue McClanahan and Frances Sternhagen star in this adaptation of Lanford Wilson's play, set in a ghostly town on the verge of disappearing, a place where the only movie house closed eight years ago. The plot revolves around the sexual assault of a teenage girl and an unrelated murder trial in the town of Eldritch, exploring a community's reaction to rape, lies and murder. Wilson's innovative use of overlapping dialogue makes the interrelations of the people the real focus of the play.
90 minutes. Color.