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Fool for Love (1985) More at IMDbPro »

• This was first a play, written by Sam Shepard. When it first premiered, it starred Kathy Baker and Ed Harris in the lead roles. The first production was directed by Shepard.
  
  
• The play version of this movie was nominated for the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
  
  
• Jessica Lange was set to star opposite her husband Sam Shepard, but she became pregnant and was replaced by Kim Basinger.
  
  
• Robert Altman's fourth filmed play in a row, after Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982), Streamers (1983) and Secret Honor (1984).
  
  

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