her affair with Johnny after he forces himself on her in the confessional. She and Thierry re-commit themselves to each other, but Johnny, now obsessed with her, will not be brushed off that easily. He tracks them to their vacation spot in the Bayou. When Thierry figures out that Johnny has been having an affair with Zandalee, he becomes drunk and confrontational, leading to his becoming reckless when he takes Zandalee and Johnny for a speedboat ride on the Bayou. Thierry falls off the boat and drowns, refusing to be saved by either Zan or Johnny who dive into the water to save him. Both Zandalee and Johnny become distraught by Thierry's death and begin to isolate themselves with Zandalee jogging for long periods and Johnny working on his paintings, but becoming more self-destructive. Johnny rips up some of his paintings and pours black paint all over himself. He also consumes some of the cocaine he is supposed to sell, which gets him in trouble with his supplier. When Johnny meets with Zandalee in order to restart their romance and have a possible future together now that Thierry is out of the picture, she remains emotionally distant and instead goes for a walk along the Old Quarter with Johnny following her. When Johnny's drug supplier attempts to kill him in a drive-by shooting outside the church that Zandalee frequents, she shields Johnny and is killed. The drug dealer flees from the scene of the crime, leaving behind Johnny, now alone, as he cradles and holds Zandalee's dead body. The movie ends with him walking in front of the church with the lifeless Zandalee in his arms. Cast Nicolas Cage as Johnny Collins Judge Reinhold as Thierry Martin Erika Anderson as Zandalee Martin Viveca Lindfors as Tatta Aaron Neville as Jack Joe Pantoliano as Gerri Marisa Tomei as Remy Steve Buscemi as OPP Man Ian Abercrombie as Louis Medina Zach Galligan as Rog Production Erika Anderson said that in the scene where Nicolas Cage paints her naked body, the actor "put in such brutality and such participatory violence, that I was terrified, I felt really violated. We had to stop shooting and do it all again the next day. The rushes were pure pornography, they traumatized me." Release Zandalee was released in the United States on July 18, 1991 as a video premiere. Other countries releasing the film were Germany, on