Sordid Lives

Sordid Lives
Directed by	Del Shores
Produced by	Sharyn Lane; Victoria Alonso; Max Civon; J. Todd Harris
Written by	Del Shores
Starring	Bonnie Bedelia; Delta Burke; Leslie Jordan; Beau Bridges; Olivia Newton-John
Music by	George S. Clinton
Cinematography	Max Civon
Edited by	Ed Marx
Production; company	Daly-Harris Productions; Davis Entertainment Classics; Sordid Lives LLC
Distributed by	Regent Releasing
Release date	May 25, 2000;
Running time	111 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,010,000

Sordid Lives is a 2000 American independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Del Shores.[1] The film is based on Shores' play of the same name and includes elements of his life, according to the director's DVD commentary. The film was followed by the 2008 television series Sordid Lives: The Series.

The original stage play premiered in Los Angeles on May 11, 1996, and ultimately won 14 Drama-Logue Awards.[2] The film met with mixed reviews from mainstream audiences but became a cult classic with LGBT fans, particularly in the South. The movie tells the story of a Texas family coming together in the aftermath of the matriarch's death. To keep the stories going, Viacom's new station Logo produced 12 episodes of Sordid Lives: The Series. The television version begins at a point before that covered in the film, with Rue McClanahan as the mother, Peggy Ingram. Many of the film cast returned, including Leslie Jordan and Olivia Newton-John. Caroline Rhea replaced Delta Burke, and Jason Dottley replaced Kirk Geiger as Ty Williamson, although Geiger reprised the role of Ty in the Sordid Lives sequel A Very Sordid Wedding in 2017, along with Bonnie Bedelia, Caroline Rhea, Dale Dickey, Leslie Jordan, Ann Walker, Emerson Collins, Whoopi Goldberg, and Katherine Bailess.

The television series began airing in July 2008.[3] It ended after one season.

Premise

A colorful family from a small Texas town must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her much-younger married neighbor. The woman's family must deal with their own demons while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral.

Cast and characters

Actor	Character	Notes
Olivia Newton-John^Film	Bitsy Mae Harling	A local singer with "a reputation"; Peggy's good friend.
Kirk Geiger^Film/Sequel Jason Dottley^Series	Ty Williamson	Latrelle's son, a closeted 20-something gay man who left his small Southern Baptist Texas hometown and moved to West Hollywood to become an actor.
Sarah Hunley	Juanita Bartlett	Wardell's short-term-memory friend, a regular patron (the town drunk) of Bubba's Bar.
Newell Alexander	Wardell 'Bubba' Owens	G.W.'s friend; object of Brother Boy's affection.
Beau Bridges^Film David Steen^{Series/Sequel}	G.W. Nethercott	Noleta's unfaithful husband, who feels responsible for Peggy's death.
Earl H. Bullock^Film David Cowgill^{Series/Sequel}	Odell Owens	Bubba's brother, who is scarred for life by a pig-bloating incident.
Beth Grant Dale Dickey^Sequel	Sissy Hickey	Peggy's much-younger sister; aunt to Brother Boy, Lavonda, and Latrelle; she just wants to stop smoking.
Delta Burke^Film Caroline Rhea^{Series/Sequel}	Noleta Nethercott	Sissy's next-door neighbor, the distraught wife of G.W. Nethercott; Lavonda's best friend.
Leslie Jordan	Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram	A fan of the women of country music, Brother Boy has been institutionalized for 23 years by his parents for being a cross-dressing homosexual.
Mitch Carter	Bumper	The mental-institution security guard, who taunts Brother Boy.
Bonnie Bedelia	Latrelle Williamson	Ty's mother and Peggy's elder daughter, who is primarily concerned with keeping up appearances. She wants to persuade her sister Lavonda and Aunt Sissy not to bury Peggy in a mink stole in Texas during the summer.
Sharron Alexis	Sara Kaufman	Ty's deranged ex-girlfriend who obsesses that they are meant to be together.
Ann Walker	LaVonda DuPree	Peggy's younger daughter, a free spirit who is also Noleta's best friend.
Mary-Margaret Lewis	Ethel	Brother Boy's confidante and best friend at the mental institution.
Rosemary Alexander	Dr. Eve Bolinger	"Doctor Evil" wants to dehomosexualize Brother Boy so she can write a book, appear on the Oprah television show, and quit her psychiatrist job at the mental institution.
Gloria LeRoy^Film Rue McClanahan^Series	Peggy Ingram	The recently-deceased sister of Sissy Hickey; mother of Latrelle, Lavonda, and Brother Boy.

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Sordid Lives"		Olivia Newton-John	02:07
2.	"Opening"	George S. Clinton	George S. Clinton	02:12
3.	"Trash Talk"		Delta Burke / Beth Grant	00:49
4.	"Better a Painful Ending, Than an Endless Pain"	Sharyn Lane / Mark McGuinn	Bobbie Eakes / Doo Wah Riders	04:08
5.	"Blue Country"	George S. Clinton	George S. Clinton	02:28
6.	"Tallywacker Talk/Mano a Mano"		Bonnie Bedelia /George S. Clinton / Kirk Geiger / Beth Grant	02:48
7.	"Truth Talk"		Bonnie Bedelia / Beth Grant / Ann Yvonne Walker	00:54
8.	"Will the Circle Be Unbroken"	A.P. Carter	Olivia Newton-John	02:05
9.	"Ty's Theme"	George S. Clinton	George S. Clinton	01:34
10.	"Someone to Grow Young With"	Kacey Jones / Sharyn Lane	Kacey Jones	03:44
11.	"No Fault Love"	Kacey Jones / Sharyn Lane	Kacey Jones	03:11
12.	"Sh*t Talk"		Beau Bridges / Earl H. Bullock	00:13
13.	"Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood"	Kacey Jones / Sharyn Lane	J. Scott Jones	02:24
14.	"Cheatin'"		Newell Alexander	01:39
15.	"Break-Out Talk/Escape"		Newell Alexander /Rosemary Alexander /Mitch Carter /George S. Clinton / Leslie Jordan / Mary Margaret Lewis	01:39
16.	"Please Don't Be Gay"	Sharyn Lane	Sharron Alexis	02:19
17.	"Mother/Son Talk"		Bonnie Bedelia / Kirk Geiger	01:55
18.	"Coming Home"		Olivia Newton-John	02:10
19.	"In Daddy's Eyes"	George S. Clinton	George S. Clinton	04:17
20.	"Tex-Mex"	George S. Clinton	George S. Clinton	01:59
21.	"Funeral Talk"		Olivia Newton-John	01:03
22.	"Just As I Am"	William B. Bradbury / Charlotte Elliot	Olivia Newton-John	01:01
23.	"Transvestite Talk"		Bonnie Bedelia / Beau Bridges / Kirk Geiger / Beth Grant / Leslie Jordan / Olivia Newton-John /Ann Yvonne Walker	00:32
24.	"Just As I Am (Conclusion)"	William B. Bradbury / Charlotte Elliot	Olivia Newton-John	00:41
25.	"Mama Talk"		Leslie Jordan	00:05
26.	"Sordid Lives (Reprise)"		Olivia Newton-John	00:58
27.	"Trust Yourself"	Olivia Newton-John	Olivia Newton-John	05:38
Total length:				54:33

Sequel

In Fall 2014, Del Shores announced that he was working on sequel to the film titled A Very Sordid Wedding. Shores' Beard Collins Shores Productions launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to assemble the project and secure investor financing. The campaign ended on October 29, 2014, and filming for the sequel began in October 2015.[4] The film premiered in Palm Springs CA on March 10, 2017.

The film picks up 16 years after the events of the first film and deals with the impact of the advancement of same-sex marriage in the conservative Southern community. Several actors from the original Sordid Lives film reprise their roles, including Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan, Newell Alexander, Sarah Hunley, Rosemary Alexander, Ann Walker, and Kirk Geiger. Joining them from the Sordid Lives series are David Steen, David Cowgill, and Caroline Rhea. Original actors Beth Grant and Olivia Newton John turned down offers to return for the sequel. While Grant's role of Sissy is being recast, Newton John's role of Bitsy Mae was written out of the script. Shores also announced that several new actors would be joining the returning performers. In Spring 2015, Whoopi Goldberg was added to the cast as Ty's mother in-law.[5][6][7]

References

"Sordid Lives". Turner Classic Movies. United States: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
"Sordid Lives". Samuel French.
"Sordid Lives: The Series". TV.com.
"A Very Sordid Wedding - film sequel by Del Shores". Indiegogo.
"Sequel to Del Shores' Smash Cult Hit SORDID LIVES Announced". Broadway World.
"Del Shores Continues Ministry With 'A Very Sordid Wedding'". goweho.
Del Shores [@DelShores] (22 March 2015). "It gives me great pleasure to announce that Oscar winner Whoppi Goldberg has joined the cast of A VERY SORDID WEDDING!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

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[Sordid_Lives-1] "Sordid Lives". Turner Classic Movies. United States: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved March 31, 2018.

[2] "Sordid Lives". Samuel French.

[3] "Sordid Lives: The Series". TV.com.

[4] "A Very Sordid Wedding - film sequel by Del Shores". Indiegogo.

[5] "Sequel to Del Shores' Smash Cult Hit SORDID LIVES Announced". Broadway World.

[6] "Del Shores Continues Ministry With 'A Very Sordid Wedding'". goweho.

[7] Del Shores [@DelShores] (22 March 2015). "It gives me great pleasure to announce that Oscar winner Whoppi Goldberg has joined the cast of A VERY SORDID WEDDING!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.