
Duplex(2003)
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!


“A black comedy about white trash.”
As three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for a funeral, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of their sordid lives.

Olivia Newton-John
Bitsy Mae Harling

Kirk Geiger
Ty Williamson

Beau Bridges
G.W. Nethercott

Bonnie Bedelia
Latrelle Williamson

Beth Grant
Sissy Hickey

Leslie Jordan
Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram

Sarah Hunley
Juanita Bartlett

Ann Walker
LaVonda DuPree

Delta Burke
Noleta Nethercott

Dale Dickey
Glyndora
Sordid Lives is a comedy film released in 2000 exploring themes of southern usa, transvestite, texas, dark comedy, based on play or musical, dysfunctional family. Directed by Del Shores, it stars Olivia Newton-John, Kirk Geiger, Beau Bridges. As three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for a funeral, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of their sordid lives.
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