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3	''Lolly-Madonna XXX'' is a 1973 drama film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] Sue Grafton's 1969 novel ''The Lolly-Madonna War'', directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring Creator/RodSteiger, Creator/RobertRyan, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/ScottWilson, Creator/GaryBusey and Creator/RandyQuaid.
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5	Two rural Tennessee families, the Feathers and the Gutshalls, are at war with each other. The Gutshalls create a postcard from a fictional girlfriend, Lolly-Madonna, as a ruse to lure the Feather boys away from their moonshine still. This prompts the Feathers to kidnap innocent bystander Roonie Gill (Season Hubley), thinking she is Lolly-Madonna, so they can use her as a hostage-- a mistake which causes the feud to rapidly and violently escalate.
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8	!!''Lolly-Madonna XXX'' contains examples of:
9	* AccidentalKidnapping: Roonie's kidnapping kicks off the plot.
10	* AdaptationNameChange: Zack's original name in the book was "Cock" (as in "cock robin", to go with the Feathers' bird ThemeNaming).
11	* BloodFromTheMouth: Gutshall matriarch Elspeth bleeds from the mouth when she's shot. Later, Thrush does the same when [[spoiler:his father beats him to death]].
12	* FemaleGaze: Roonie stares at Zack Feather (Creator/JeffBridges) while he washes himself in the trough. When he asks, "Haven't you seen a man with his shirt off before?" she smiles and shrugs.
13	* FeudingFamilies: The Feathers and the Gutshalls are at war over a piece of meadowland that had been in the Feather family for generations; the Feathers lost it for tax-related reasons, and the Gutshalls won it in an auction.
14	* FriendlessBackground: Roonie was orphaned at the age of twelve and grew up in foster care.
15	* HillbillyMoonshiner: Both the Feathers and Gutshalls engage in this.
16	* InventedIndividual: "Lolly-Madonna"
17	* TheLostLenore: The Feathers used to be a much happier and more loving family until the death of Zack's wife Lyda Jo; after that, the love went out of their family.
18	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Towards the end of the movie, Laban Feather takes out his frustrations by violently beating his son Thrush. [[spoiler:Thrush doesn't survive.]]
19	* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Zack and Thrush both flash back to Zack's wife's death in a riding accident, and Laban's shooting of Thrush's horses in response.

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