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- Caption: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
- Description:
Clint Eastwood directed this adaptation of John Berendt's non-fiction best-seller about a Savannah, Georgia, murder case. When this film was released, Berendt's book had been on best-seller lists for four years. As the film begins, New York journalist John Kelso (John Cusack), alter ego of author Berendt, arrives in Savannah to do a brief Town and Country article on the annual Christmas party given by sophisticated, urbane antique dealer Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey), who restored many mansions in Savannah, including the famed Mercer House where he lives. After the party, Williams kills his rude, violent lover Billy Hanson (Jude Law), explaining it as a necessary act of self-defense. Kelso decides to stay in Savannah to cover the trial, encountering a variety of colorful locals, eccentric and otherwise, including black transvestite nightclub performer Lady Chablis (appearing as herself), financially challenged bon vivant Joe Odom (Paul Hipp), vocalist Mandy Nichols (Alison Eastwood), voodoo priestess Minerva (Irma P. Hall), and Williams' deceptively powerful defense attorney Sonny Seiler (Australian actor Jack Thompson with a very convincing Southern accent). Kelso develops a romantic interest in Mandy while tracking the events that led up to the killing. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Writing credits
(WGA)
John Berendt (book)
John Lee Hancock (screenplay)
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
John Cusack ... John Kelso
Kevin Spacey ... James 'Jim' Williams
Jack Thompson ... Sonny Seiler
Irma P. Hall ... Minerva
Jude Law ... Billy Carl Hanson
Alison Eastwood ... Mandy Nichols
Paul Hipp ... Joe Odom
Lady Chablis ... Chablis Deveau (as The Lady Chablis)
Dorothy Loudon ... Serena Dawes
Anne Haney ... Margaret Williams
Kim Hunter ... Betty Harty
Geoffrey Lewis ... Luther Driggers
Richard Herd ... Henry Skerridge
Leon Rippy ... Detective Boone
Bob Gunton ... Finley Largent
Michael O'Hagan ... Geza Von Habsburg
Gary Anthony Williams ... Bus Driver
Tim Black ... Jeff Braswell
Muriel Moore ... Mrs. Baxter
Sonny Seiler ... Judge White
Terry Rhoads ... Assistant D.A.
Victor Brandt ... Bailiff
Patricia Herd ... Juror #1
Nick Gillie ... Juror #20
Patrika Darbo ... Sara Warren
J. Patrick McCormack ... Doctor
Emma Kelly ... Herself
Tyrone Lee Weaver ... Ellis
Greg Goossen ... Prison Cell Lunatic (as Gregory Goossen)
Shannon Eubanks ... Mrs. Hamilton
Virginia Duncan ... Card Club Woman #1
Rhoda Griffis ... Card Club Woman #2
Judith Robinson ... Card Club Woman #3
Jo Ann Pflug ... Cynthia Vaughn (as Joann Pflug)
James Moody ... Mr. Glover
John Duncan ... Gentleman in Park
Bess S. Thompson ... Pretty Girl
Jin Hi Soucy ... Receptionist
Michael Rosenbaum ... George Tucker
Dan Biggers ... Harry Cramm
Georgia Allen ... Lucille Wright
Collin Wilcox Paxton ... Woman at party
Charles Black ... Alpha
Aleta Mitchell ... Alphabette
Kevin Harry ... Phillip (as Michael 'Kevin' Harry)
Dorothy Kingery ... Jim Williams' Sister
Amanda Kingery ... Jim Williams' Niece Amanda
Susan Kingery ... Jim Williams' Niece Susan
Ted Manson ... Passerby
Margaret R. Davis ... Ruth
Danny Nelson ... Senator
Bree Luck ... Woman at Club
Ann Cusack ... Delivery Woman
Jerry Spence ... Hair Dresser
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lawrence Mandley ... Inmate (uncredited)
Ray Wineteer ... Photographer (uncredited) - Actor/Actress/Director:
- Movie: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Id: 10917411
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