The Annihilation of Fish
“A Crazy Love Story.”
1999•1h 42m•6.3•Released
DramaRomanceComedy
A Jamaican widower recently released from a mental institution and a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini become the unlikely tenants of an eccentric widow in Los Angeles.
Director
Charles Burnett
Writer
Anthony C. Winkler
Languages
English
Studio
American Sterling Productions
Cast
James Earl Jones
Fish
Lynn Redgrave
Poinsettia
Margot Kidder
Mrs. Muldroone
Sarah Benoit
Reno Minister's Wife
Andy Garza
Wedding Groom
Tommy Redmond Hicks
New York City Minister
Ronald F. Hoiseck
Reno Minister
Shannon Wilcox
Hippie Preacher's Wife
Victoria Prismantas
Young Hippie Woman
Paul M. Heller
Mailman
David Kagen
Social Worker
Arlene Albertson
Woman at Bus Station
Dale Franzen
Opera Performer 1
Gary Bachlund
Opera Performer 2
Phillip Kako
Hippie Preacher
Production
Company
American Sterling Productions
Company
Paul Heller Productions
Producer
Paul M. Heller
Producer
William Lawrence Fabrizio
Producer
John Remark
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