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The Annihilation of Fish

6.5 108 mins Drama   Romance   Comedy   1999
American Sterling Productions  
Director(s): Charles Burnett

Lynn Redgrave plays Poinsettia, a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady (Margot Kidder) where she meets a Jamaican widower, Fish (James Earl Jones), who has recently been released from a mental institution despite his continued battles against unseen demons. In the face of personal challenges and differences, the couple grows together and begins to discover new things about themselves and the nuances of love and happiness.

Casts of The Annihilation of Fish

Lynn Redgrave

as Poinsettia

Margot Kidder

as Mrs. Muldroone

Sarah Benoit

as Reno Minister's Wife

Andy Garza

as Wedding Groom

Tommy Redmond Hicks

as New York City Minister

Ronald F. Hoiseck

as Reno Minister

Shannon Wilcox

as Hippie Preacher's Wife

Victoria Prismantas

as Young Hippie Woman

Paul M. Heller

as Mailman

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