Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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This panoramic tale of Savannah’s eccentricities focuses on a murder and the subsequent trial of Jim Williams: self made man, art collector, antiques dealer, bon vivant and semi-closeted homosexual. John Kelso a magazine reporter finds himself in Savannah amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature on one of William’s famous Christmas parties. He is intrigued by Williams from the start, but his curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim’s violent, young and sexy lover, Billy. Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial. Along the way he encounters the irrepressible Lady Chablis, a drag queen commedienne, Sonny Seiler, lawyer to Williams, whose famous dog UGA is the official mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs, an odd man who keeps flies attached to mini leashes on his lapels and threatens daily to poison the water supply, the Married Ladies Card Club, and Minerva, a spiritualist. Between being Jim’s buddy, cuddling up to a torch singer, meeting every eccentric in Savannah, participating in midnight graveyard rituals and helping solve the mysteries surrounding Billy’s murder, Kelso has his hands full.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Writer
John Berendt, John Lee Hancock
Producer
Clint Eastwood as producer , Michael Maurer as associate producer , Tom Rooker as co-producer , Arnold Stiefel as producer , Anita Zuckerman as executive producer
Casting
John Cusack as John Kelso, Kevin Spacey as Jim Williams, Jack Thompson as Sonny Seiler, Irma P. Hall as Minerva, Jude Law as Billy Hanson, Alison Eastwood as Mandy Nicholls, Paul Hipp as Joe Odom, Lady Chablis as Chablis Deveau (as The Lady Chablis), Dorothy Loudon as Serena Dawes, Anne Haney as Margaret Williams, Kim Hunter as Betty Harty, Geoffrey Lewis as Luther Driggers, Richard Herd as Henry Skerridge, Leon Rippy as Detective Boone, Bob Gunton as Finley Largent, Michael O'Hagan as Geza Von Habsburg, Gary Anthony Williams as Bus Driver, Tim Black as Jeff Braswell, Muriel Moore as Mrs. Baxter, Sonny Seiler as Judge White, Terry Rhoads as Assistant D.A., Victor Brandt as Bailiff, Patricia Herd as Juror #1, Nick Gillie as Juror #20, Patrika Darbo as Sara Warren, J. Patrick McCormack as Doctor, Emma Kelly as Herself, Tyrone Lee Weaver as Ellis, Greg Goossen as Prison Cell Lunatic (as Gregory Goossen), Shannon Eubanks as Mrs. Hamilton, Virginia Duncan as Card Club Woman #1, Rhoda Griffis as Card Club Woman #2, Judith Robinson as Card Club Woman #3, Jo Ann Pflug as Cynthia Vaughn (as Joann Pflug), James Moody as Himself, John Duncan as Gentleman in Park, Bess S. Thompson as Pretty Girl, Jin Hi Soucy as Receptionist, Michael Rosenbaum as George Tucker, Dan Biggers as Harry Cram, Georgia Allen as Lucille Wright, Collin Wilcox Paxton as Woman at Party, Charles Black as Alpha, Aleta Mitchell as Alphabette, Kevin Harry as Phillip (as Michael 'Kevin' Harry), Dorothy Kingery as Jim Williams' Sister, Amanda Kingery as Jim Williams' Niece Amanda, Susan Kingery as Jim Williams' Niece Susan, Ted Manson as Passer-by, Margaret R. Davis as Ruth, Danny Nelson as Senator, Bree Luck as Woman at Club, Ann Cusack as Delivery Woman, Jerry Spence as Hair Dresser, Nick Danger as Himself (uncredited), James Gandolfini as Diner cook #2 (uncredited), Victor L
