▁running ▁approximately ▁six teen ▁minutes . ▁After ▁the ▁film ▁performed ▁poor ly ▁for ▁test ▁aud ien ces , ▁her ▁screen ▁time ▁was ▁cut ▁to ▁four ▁minutes . ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁played ▁by ▁Ent w ist le , ▁that ▁of ▁Haz el ▁C ous ins , ▁is ▁a ▁married ▁woman ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁who ▁k ills ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁goes ▁to ▁prison . ▁In ▁the ▁book , ▁Haz el ▁is ▁a ▁vir gin ▁who ▁remains ▁so ▁simply ▁because ▁she ▁is ▁considered ▁too ▁beautiful ; ▁men ▁are ▁either ▁too ▁int im id ated ▁to ▁approach ▁her , ▁assume ▁she ▁is ▁married ▁or ▁engaged ▁or ▁believe ▁that ▁she ▁will ▁break ▁their ▁heart . ▁Haz el ▁eventually ▁becomes ▁a ▁les bian ▁after ▁she ▁is ▁s edu ced ▁by ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁the ▁doctor ▁tre ating ▁her ▁for ▁t uber cul osis , ▁and ▁star ves ▁herself ▁to ▁death ▁in ▁a ▁san it arium ▁while ▁suffering ▁the ▁heart ache ▁of ▁having ▁been ▁abandoned ▁by ▁her ▁lo ver ▁Mar tha . ▁In ▁both ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁movie , ▁May ▁and ▁June ▁R ask ob ▁( play ed ▁by ▁Har ri et ▁H ag man ▁and ▁Mary ▁Dun can ) ▁are ▁tw in ▁sister s ▁who ▁work ▁in ▁a ▁circ us , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁they ▁are ▁over weight ▁sides how ▁attra ctions , ▁rather ▁than ▁phot ogen ic ▁tra pe ze ▁artists ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁On ▁February ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁ 5 9 -