The Amy Fisher Story (Beyond Control) (1993)
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34% of users liked it
(905 ratings)
This is one of the made-for-TV exploits based upon the Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuoco teen-sex story which stirred up a U.S. media feeding frenzy in 1992. (Amy, having become Joey's young lover, tried to eliminate his real-life wife) Drew Barrymore stars as Amy in this accounting which contains some… More This is one of the made-for-TV exploits based upon the Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuoco teen-sex story which stirred up a U.S. media feeding frenzy in 1992. (Amy, having become Joey's young lover, tried to eliminate his real-life wife) Drew Barrymore stars as Amy in this accounting which contains some pretty sizzling sex scenes apparently shot with a Barrymore look-alike. ~ Rovi
- Directed By
- Andy Tennant
- Written By
- Janet Brownell
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Romance
- In Theaters
- Jan 3, 1993 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
The material may suck you in even as you're laughing at it.
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Wade Major, Boxoffice Magazine
Feels exploitive in a kind of sleazy way.
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Cast
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Anthony John Denison
as Joey Buttafuoco
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Laurie Paton
as Mary Jo Buttafuoco
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Harley Jane Kozak
as Amy Pagnozzi
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Ken Angel
as Stephen Sleeman
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Drew Barrymore
as Amy Fisher
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Lindsay Bourne
as Ed Grilli
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Gary Chalk
as Hard Copy Reporter
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Linda Darlow
as Roseann Fisher
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Garry Davey
as Detective
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Kevin Hayes
as Hard Copy Anchor
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Terry W. King
as Fred Klein
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Kim Kondrashoff
as The John
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Philip Granger
as Williams
- Tom Mason