Movies. Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon DVD & Blu-ray Releases Release Calendar Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Menu. This drama critically examines the destructive effects of the American dream on a poor farming family. TV Shows. Curse of the Starving Class R | 1h 42min | Drama | 5 May 1995 (South Korea) Sam Shepard's coming of age drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Curse of the Starving Class showcases the fantastic acting talents of Woods, Bates, Thomas, and most notably, Randy Quaid who fits the bill of the sleazy desert-realtor to a tee. Toronto Film Festival 1994 (Premiere)–A stellar cast of eccentric character actors bring class but no emotional resonance to Curse of the Starving Class, a peculiarly ineffective rendition of Sam Shepard’s 1977 award-winning play. An ironic dissection of the American Dream, as it affects and destroys one white farming family, pic signals curse at the box-office, though video prospects may be … Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Top Rated Shows Most Popular Shows … Some critics consider it part of a Family Trilogy that includes Buried Child (1979) and True West (1980).