Product Details

• Actors: James Woods, Kathy Bates, Randy Quaid, Henry Thomas, Kristin Fiorella
• Directors: J. Michael McClary
• Writers: Bruce Beresford, Sam Shepard
• Producers: David McDavid, Barry Barnholtz, Bruce Beresford, Bruce Weiss, David Goldstein
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303421725
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,235 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A true novel, March 22, 2000

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Jordan (NY, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Curse of Starving Class [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Curse of the Starving Class is a great play and then movie by Sam Shepard. It depicts the underside of american life. The dreams of the charecters are unattainable as far as they are concerned and we watch on as they discover this.

4.0 out of 5 stars Sam Shepard: snug under a mad, gothic blanket., May 29, 2008

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Joel Munyon "Joel Munyon" (Joliet, Illinois - the poohole of America.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Curse of Starving Class [VHS] (VHS Tape)

James Woods stands beneath a violent thunderstorm, naked and screaming towards the heavens at the top of his lungs like some atomic leftover of those fringe lunatic people you dare not make eye-contact with. There he is, in one of the most mesmerizing scenes in film, encapsulating the views of a playwright/actor by the name of Sam Shepard. It is in this scene, towards the end of the film, that we know where Shepard intended for us to go, and that is the dark corridors of a seemingly normal farm family as the last piecemeal foundations of their family erode away into nothingness.

This film is not for everyone; in fact, I would venture to say it's not for most, but for those willing to take it on, I do believe they will be engrossed in its story, and that's what movies should do - tell us a story we can lose ourselves in.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect For Bates' Fans, January 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Curse of Starving Class [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an amazing film, but skightly bleak. Perfect for Kathy Bates' fans!