Lolly-Madonna XXX

Lolly-Madonna XXX
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Directed by	Richard C. Sarafian
Produced by	Rodney Carr-Smith
Screenplay by	Rodney Carr-Smith & Sue Grafton
Based on	The Lolly-Madonna War by Sue Grafton
Starring	Jeff Bridges Rod Steiger Robert Ryan
Music by	Fred Myrow
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 21, 1973 (USA)
Running time	103 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Lolly-Madonna XXX (a.k.a. The Lolly-Madonna War) is a 1973 film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The film was co-written by Rodney Carr-Smith and Sue Grafton, based on the novel The Lolly-Madonna War by Grafton.

The movie was filmed in rural Union County, Tennessee.

Two families in rural Tennessee, headed by patriarchs Laban Feather (Rod Steiger) and Pap Gutshall (Robert Ryan) are at odds with each other. The sons of the two families play harmless tricks on each other but soon the Feather boys decide to kidnap a girl, escalating the rivalry. She turns out to be innocent bystander Roonie Gill (Season Hubley), not the made-up girlfriend "Lolly Madonna." As events escalate, Zack Feather (Jeff Bridges) and Roonie fall in love and try to bring the others to their senses. The two families kill one another, until only the patriarchs are left.

The film had a mixed reception from the critics. Vincent Canby of The New York Times starts his review:

On the other hand, Variety had this to say:

Reviewing the new Warner Archive Collection DVD release of the movie, Paul Mavis of DVD Talk wrote, "[It's a] strange, hypnotic doom and gloom Southern cult classic, with a one-of-a-kind cast....A real find for lovers of 70s moviemaking."