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Big Bad Love   2001         R, 111 min. Genre: Drama Director: Arliss Howard   Cast: Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat, Rosanna Arquette, Angie Dickinson, Michael Parks, Alex Van, Zachary Moody, Olivia Kersey, Sue Peavey   Taken from Larry Brown's short story collection, this is the story of alcoholic, Vietnam vet Leon Barlow (Arliss Howard). He yearns to be a writer, but everyday his mailbox is filled with rejection slips. Add to this a disapproving mother (Angie Dickinson), a restraining order placed against him by his ex-wife (Debra Winger), and children he is not allowed to see. The result is a troubled man living on alcohol and hallucinations.