Crimes of the Heart
As children, the now-adult Magrath sisters moved to Hazelhurst, Mississippi to live with their grandparents after their father abandoned the family and their mother subsequently hanged herself in the basement, which made national headlines. Lenny, the eldest, still lives in the house taking care of ailing Granddaddy; next door their first cousin, stuck-up Chick Boyle, thinks the scandal of the suicide affected her the most, socially. A frumpy spinster with little experience with men, Lenny is the forgotten one.
Meg, the middle sister, is the narcissistic wild child who left for Hollywood to pursue a singing career, which is not going as well as she would like those at home to think. Growing up, she generally got what she wanted as the extroverted one and arguably because she was the one who found Momma in the basement. "Who" she wanted was Doc Porter, who now walks with a limp due to an incident with Meg, but would probably run back to her if she returned--despite being married.
Becky "Babe" Magrath, the youngest, married Zackery Botrelle at 18; now he's a lawyer and state senator but she is the overgrown-little-princess kind of wife. Despite Meg being the one who found Momma, Babe is the one who thinks about the why behind Momma's suicide the most. Meg is called back to Hazelhurst with the news that Babe has shot Zackery. He survived--he's in the hospital recovering from the stomach wound--and Babe doesn't deny shooting him; she claims she was actually aiming for his heart. But she refuses to tell anyone, including her young lawyer Barnett Lloyd, why she did it.
The dynamic among the very different but loving sisters plays into how they deal with Babe's situation and their own issues.
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Crimes of the Heart
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Happy Birthday to You
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Mildred J. Hill:
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Don't Fence Me In
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Fallen Angel Flying High
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Introduction
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Crimes Of The Heart
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Meg
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Ice Cream
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Doc Porter
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Babe
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Night To Day
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Broom Chase
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Lonely Hearts Club
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Meg And Babe
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Study
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Flirtation
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Willy Jay
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Toes
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Bus Ride
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Old Granddaddy
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Sunset
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Main Theme
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Willy Jay Away
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Dusk For Night
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Crimes
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End Title
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Old Grandaddy
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Rich and Famous Suite
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Platoon Finale and End Title
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Her Alibi End Title
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Beaches Friendship
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Exposed Suite
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Biloxi Blues Main Title
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Steel Magnolias Suite
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Interlude Theme
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The Escape Artist Suite
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The Pick-up Artist Theme
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Disc Time:
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Something Wicked This Way Comes Suite
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Hommage à François Truffaut
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Maxie End Title
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House on Carroll Street Theme
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A Little Sex Suite
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Maid to Order Theme
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Man Woman and Child Theme
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Memories of Me Suite
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Crimes of the Heart Suite
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Platoon - Theme
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Rich and Famous - Suite
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Her Alibi - End Title
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Beaches - Friendship
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Exposed - Suite
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Biloxi Blues - Main Title
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Steel Magnolias - Suite
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Interlude - Theme
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The Escape Artist - Suite
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The Pick Up Artist - Theme
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Man Woman And Child - Theme
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Memories Of Me - Suite
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Something Wicked This Way Comes - Suite
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Homage A Francois Truffaut
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Maxie - End Title
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House on Carroll Street - Theme
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A Little Sex - Suite
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Maid To Order - Theme
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Crimes of the Heart - Suite
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Man Trouble - End Title
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A Little Romance - Main Title
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Rich In Love - Suite
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Agnes of God - Suite
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Black Robe - Suite
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A Little Romance - Suite
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Her Alibi - Between You And Me
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Rich And Famous - Reprise
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