Plot
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?
Keywords: americana, based-on-novel, debt, desert, divorce, dysfunctional-marriage, grief, hometown, independent-film, lovers-reunited
Karla: Everytime you call me "honey," there's a lie involved.
Jacy: It's ironic you broke all your ribs right before the Adam and Eve skit. I wonder what a psychiatrist would make of that.::Duane: I din't break all my ribs, I just broke three.::Jacy: That doesn't affect the irony honey-pie.
Duane: Somebody must be making a fortune off fertility drugs in this county.
Jacy: Gameshows are what life's really like. You win things that look great at the time but turn out to be junk, and you lose things you might want to keep forever... just because you're unlucky.
Karla: You ought not to leave me alone on days like this. I can't even get drunk. The faster I drink, the faster things happen to sober me up.
Duane Jackson: It must be ten years since I've seen you wear anything I didn't have to read.
Duane Jackson: Women have a heartless side to them, don't they?
Jacy: Are you the one I went skinny-dipping with?::Duane: No, that was Lester Marlowe.::Jacy: Well, I bet I was your favorite mermaid.
Lester Marlow: Marylou likes excitement. She says I'm not exciting any more.::Duane: Well, it's hard to stay exciting for a whole lifetime.
Jacy: Hey, tell that woman I'll be Eve. I've got to stop being so reclusive! Causing the fall of humanity might be just the kind of challenge I need.
More Woman than any man can handle!
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