The story was adapted loosely into the 1985 film Desert Hearts, directed by Donna Deitch.
Alex develops some curiosity about her possible lesbianism and rents a number of classic lesbian-themed films: Desert Hearts; Lianna; Personal Best; Heavenly Creatures; Bar Girls; Claire of the Moon; The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love; an unnamed, presumably pornographic video; and, inexplicably, The Godfather, Part III.
Mojave Desert | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Sonoran Desert | Desert Island Discs | desert | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Gobi Desert | Atacama Desert | Mount Desert Island | Hearts | Kingdom Hearts II | Kalahari Desert | Desert Hearts | Black Rock Desert | Libyan Desert | Kind Hearts and Coronets | Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Namib Desert | Kingdom Hearts | Colorado Desert | Western Desert | The Sons of the Desert | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film) | Painted Desert | Chihuahuan Desert | Western Desert Campaign | The Desert Rose Band | Palm Desert, California | Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days |
Notable Wolfe releases over the years include: the popular gay classic Big Eden; the 20th Anniversary DVD release of Desert Hearts; New York Times Critic's Pick Were the World Mine and Thom Fitzgerald’s global AIDS epic 3 Needles.