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* SmallTownTyrant: Camille. She even puts her name on the bill for the local theatre production of ''Salome'' as the ''"and"'' alongside Creator/OscarWilde.
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* UndignifiedDeath: Emma was always told her father Donny died while doing mission work in Africa. It turns out he died in an industrial accident at a button factory in Alabama.
-->'''Jack''': Seems the hole-poker machine broke loose and fell on him. They said he had 273 holes in him before they could get it off him.
-->'''Jack''': Seems the hole-poker machine broke loose and fell on him. They said he had 273 holes in him before they could get it off him.
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* RunningGag: When Otis is questioning Willis' friends about his alibi, and ask when they saw him, most of them say it was "around 1:30." An exasperated Otis wonders how Willis could have been in so many places all at the same time.
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* TheSheriff: Sheriff Lester Boyle, a plump southerner who comes across as a fair and considerate investigator who doesn't believe that Willis is guilty and is willing to put his foot down when anyone pesters him about it.
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* TheSheriff: Sheriff Lester Boyle, a plump southerner who comes across as a fair and considerate investigator who doesn't believe that Willis is guilty ("Because I've fished with him!") and is willing to put his foot down when anyone pesters him about it.
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* VisualPun: When Camille finds out [[spoiler:Cookie's will]] was kept in a cookie jar, she searches in the jar to find out if there was anything else in there. When Lester and the other officers from the sheriff's department come into the house, they discover Camille with her hand in the cookie jar.
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Emma and her boyfriend Jason, who's a cop, frequently sneak into empty offices in the police station to have sex.
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Emma finds out Willis is actually her relative, which no one suspected as he's black while she's white. He was left Cookie's entire estate, being the nephew of her late husband.]]
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* NotNowKiddo: A local boy who witnessed Camille disposing of some evidence is hushed by his father when he tries to explain this. [[spoiler: at least initially, later that day his father does hear him out and quickly goes to see Sheriff Boyle, while apologizing for having initially dismissed the kid]].
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* NotNowKiddo: A local boy who witnessed Camille disposing of some evidence is hushed by his father when he tries to explain this. [[spoiler: at At least initially, later that day his father does hear him out and quickly goes to see Sheriff Boyle, while apologizing for having initially dismissed the kid]].
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* TheSheriff: Sheriff Lester Boyle, a plump southerner who comes across as a fair an considerate investigator who doesn't believe that Willis is guilty and is willing to put his foot down when anyone pesters him about it.
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* TheSheriff: Sheriff Lester Boyle, a plump southerner who comes across as a fair an and considerate investigator who doesn't believe that Willis is guilty and is willing to put his foot down when anyone pesters him about it.
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* SuicideIsShameful: Camille's belief.
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* UpperClassTwit: Camille is one.
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* HereditarySuicide: In the beginning of the film Camille discovers that her aunt Jewel Mae or "Cookie" has committed suicide, believing that [[SuicideIsShameful "only crazy people commit suicide"]] she tries to cover it up and frame a black man for murder. Only for her cover-up attempts to implicate ''her'' as the murderer instead, ending with her hanging herself in jail.
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On the eve of Easter Sunday, pushy community theater director Camille Dixon (Creator/GlennClose) and her shy sister Cora (Creator/JulianneMoore) are shocked to find that their Aunt [[CoolOldLady Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt]] (Patricia Neal) committed suicide. Terrified how this will reflect on the family name, Camille destroys Cookie's suicide note and convinces Cora to help her make it look like a robbery.
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On the eve of Easter Sunday, pushy community theater director Camille Dixon (Creator/GlennClose) and her shy sister Cora (Creator/JulianneMoore) are shocked to find that their Aunt [[CoolOldLady Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt]] (Patricia Neal) (Creator/PatriciaNeal) committed suicide. Terrified how this will reflect on the family name, Camille destroys Cookie's suicide note and convinces Cora to help her make it look like a robbery.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: It doesn't seem like a coincidence that Cora and Emma both have the last name Duvall, since you can easily picture Shelley Duvall playing either role if Robert Altman had made this film back in TheSeventies.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: It doesn't seem like a coincidence that Cora and Emma both have the last name Duvall, since you can easily picture Shelley Duvall Creator/ShelleyDuvall playing either role if Robert Altman had made this film back in TheSeventies.
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Once the police are on the scene, their only suspect is Willis Richland (Charles S. Dutton), a well-liked local man who also happened to be Cookie's best friend. Everyone is convinced of Willis's innocence, including Cora's estranged daughter Emma (Creator/LivTyler), who has recently returned to town. A visiting investigator takes over the case and is determined to dig up some of the town's best-kept secrets. As Easter Sunday arrives and Camille's play opens, the truth comes out in ways that no one could have ever imagined.
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Once the police are on the scene, their only suspect is Willis Richland (Charles S. Dutton), (Creator/CharlesSDutton), a well-liked local man who also happened to be Cookie's best friend. Everyone is convinced of Willis's innocence, including Cora's estranged daughter Emma (Creator/LivTyler), who has recently returned to town. A visiting investigator takes over the case and is determined to dig up some of the town's best-kept secrets. As Easter Sunday arrives and Camille's play opens, the truth comes out in ways that no one could have ever imagined.
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* NotNowKiddo: A local boy who witnessed Camille disposing of some evidence is hushed by his father when he tries to explain this. [[spoiler: at least initially, later that day his father does hear him out and quickly goes to see Sheriff Boyle, while apologizing for having initially dismissed the kid]].
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%%* CluelessDeputy: Jason Brown.
%%** Cookie's "C" necklace.
%%** The loose door on the gun cabinet.
%%** The cut on [[spoiler:Camille's]] finger.
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* TheSheriff: Sheriff Lester Boyle, a plump southerner who comes across as a fair an considerate investigator who doesn't believe that Willis is guilty and is willing to put his foot down when anyone pesters him about it.
