Flesh and Bone [Blu-ray]

Director: Steve Kloves Steve Kloves

Overview

A traveling vending-machine salesman begins a romance with a young woman recovering from a bad marriage, but their love is threatened by the reappearance of the salesman's criminal father. This suspenseful drama chronicles the tense conflicts that follow, ultimately forcing dark family secrets to the surface.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/01/2021
UPC:	0810072542571
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	2:06:00
Sales rank:	26,247

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dennis Quaid	Arliss Sweeney
Meg Ryan	Kay Davies
James Caan	Roy Sweeney
Gwyneth Paltrow	Ginnie
Jerry Swindall	Arliss (as a child)
Scott Wilson	Elliot
Christopher Rydell	Davies,Reese Davies
Barbara Alyn Woods	Cindy
Julia Mueller	Sarah Willets
Ron Kuhlman	Clem Willets
Ryan Bohls	Scotty Willets
Ed Perez	Boy in Suit
Craig Erickson	Tiny Ted
Joe Berryman	Plump Man
James N. Harrell	Woody,Woody
Gerardo Johnson	Juan
Vic Polizos	Pudge Riley
Hector Garcia	Nestor
Betsy Brantle	Peg
John Hawkes	Groom
Nik Hagler	Earl
Travis Baker	Sullen Kid
Angie Bolling	Woman with Crying Baby
Joe Stevens	Kyle
Libby Villari	Waitress
Gail Cronauer	Emma
Julia McNeal	Actor
Betsy Brantley	Peg
Lisa Blount	Actor
Thomas Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Steve Kloves

Steve Kloves	Director,Screenwriter
Andy Armstrong	Stunts
Juel Bestrop	Casting
Risa Bramon-Garcia	Casting
Margaret Johnson	Special Effects
Randy E. Moore	Special Effects
Sydney Pollack	Executive Producer
Mark Rosenberg	Producer
Paula Weinstein	Producer
David A. Arnold	Sound Effects
Simon Coke	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

This underrated gem from writer/director Steve Kloves recalls the dirge-like atmosphere and violent subject matter of In Cold Blood (1967). Like that Truman Capote novel and film, Kloves' tale revolves around a rural mass murder and its consequences, but an artificiality sometimes peeks through the veneer in snatches of dialogue and character business that don't ring quite true. Despite these bumps in the narrative road, some forgivable predictability and a pace that occasionally lags, this absorbing drama develops into a strong, riveting tale with a knockout of an ending. Flesh and Bone also boasts a quartet of solid leads. Real-life husband and wife at the time, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan are sporadically too cute and perky for the material, but their genuine chemistry is evident and grounds the script's lapses in dialogue and character development. Meanwhile, James Caan sinks his teeth into another morally conflicted part, while Gwyneth Paltrow shines in the role that began her ascent to stardom. Kloves' film falls just short of its Shakespearean aspirations, but it's an intelligent, emotionally veracious drama worthy of a talented filmmaker.