Big Bad Love

Big Bad Love
Directed byArliss Howard
Written byArliss Howard
Jim Howard
Larry Brown (book)
Produced byArliss Howard
StarringArliss Howard
Debra Winger
Paul Le Mat
Rosanna Arquette
Angie Dickinson
Michael Parks
CinematographyPaul Ryan
Edited byJay Rabinowitz
Distributed byIFC Films
Release dates
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$104,294

Big Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown.[1][2] The story recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow, who is played by Arliss Howard, and his wife, played by Howard's wife Debra Winger. The soundtrack includes music by Tom Verlaine, the Kronos Quartet, and R. L. Burnside.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b FILM REVIEW; A Writer Holds It All In, At Least From His Family The New York Times, By A. O. Scott (February 22, 2002), "", accessed 01-29-2009
  2. ^ a b [1] Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine Entertainment Weekly, By Lisa Schwarzbaum (), "Review Big Bad Love (2002)", accessed 01-29-2009