Picking Up the Pieces (2000) USA
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Director:Alfonso Arau
Studio:Live / Artisan
Writer:Bill Wilson
Rating:4.0 (1,543 votes)
Rated:R
Date Added:2007-06-11
ASIN:B00004WI55
UPC:012236108023
Awards:2 nominations
Genre:Comedy
Release:2000-10-17
IMDb:0192455
Duration:95
Picture Format:Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.00 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish, Unknown
Subtitles:English
Features:Production Stills
Interviews with Cast & Crew
Alfonso Arau  ...  (Director)
Bill Wilson  ...  (Writer)
 
Woody Allen  ...  Tex Cowley
Sharon Stone  ...  Candy Cowley
Alfonso Arau  ...  Dr. Amado
Brian Brophy  ...  CNN Reporter
Betty Carvalho  ...  Juana
Enrique Castillo  ...  Grasiento
Jorge Cervera Jr.  ...  Unojo
O'Neal Compton  ...  Texas John
Maria Grazia Cucinotta  ...  Desi
Marcus Demian  ...  Ricardo
Danny De La Paz  ...  Lalo Taxi Driver
Andy Dick  ...  Father Buñuel
Jeannine De La Torre  ...  Maria
Fran Drescher  ...  Sister Frida
Richard Edson  ...  Edsel Farkus
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.