CRAZY LOVE

Year: 2007
USA: Magnolia Pictures
Cast: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach (nee Riss)
Director: Dan Klores
Country: USA
USA: 92 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for language including sexual references, and mature thematic elements
USA Release Date: 8 June 2007 (Limited Release - Los Angeles)
USA Release Date: 1 June 2007 (Limited Release - New York)


Synopsis

Dan Klores' CRAZY LOVE tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair's saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines.

With the cooperation of the principles, Burt, now 79, and Linda, 68, Klores examines the human psyche and the concepts of love, obsession, insanity, hope and forgiveness. CRAZY LOVE recently had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and earned the Best Documentary award at the 2007 Santa Barbara Film Festival.