Paris Trout | |
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Directed by | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
Written by | Pete Dexter |
Based on |
Paris Trout by Pete Dexter |
Produced by | Frank Konigsberg Larry Sanitsky |
Starring |
Dennis Hopper Barbara Hershey Ed Harris |
Cinematography | Robert Elswire |
Edited by | Harvey Rosenstock |
Music by | David Shire |
Distributed by | Palace Pictures |
Release date | April 20, 1991 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Paris Trout is a 1991 drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, starring Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, and Ed Harris. [1]
It is based on the novel Paris Trout by author Pete Dexter. [1]
Paris Trout is an unrepentant racist in 1949 Georgia. The greedy and paranoid shopkeeper murders the sister of a black man who refuses to repay Trout’s IOU. When Trout is arrested for the crime, he is stunned and enraged, showing himself to be a man of the Old South. Lawyer Harry Seagraves arrives to calm the waters in court but is soon caught in crimes of his own, including a dangerous and doomed affair with Trout's wife.