Bill

• Director: Anthony Page
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Docudrama, Biopic
• Themes: Living With Disability, Starting Over
• Main Cast: Mickey Rooney
• Release Year: 1981
• Country: US
• Run Time: 97 minutes

Plot

This Emmy-winning made-for-TV movie, based on a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter Barry Morrow (from his true story), stars Mickey Rooney in the title role of a mentally-challenged adult who has spent his life holed up in a bleak institution. When documentary filmmaker Morrow (Dennis Quaid) and his family invite him into their home to stay with them, Bill is given his first taste of independence in the real world. Together, Bill and the Morrows unexpectedly teach each other valuable lessons about life and themselves. The film was so popular that it spawned a sequel two years later called Bill: On His Own. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Cast

Katherine Balfour - Mrs. Morrow; John Bentley - Cop; Ron Faber - Jenkins; Breon Gorman - Children's Teacher; Cordis Heard - Arlene; Anna Maria Horsford - Ms. Keating; Steve Levitt - Student; Philip Levy - Mugger; Kathleen Maguire - Florence Archer; Dennis Quaid - Barry Morrow; William G. Schilling - Professor Rush; Ray Serra - Harry; Tony Turco - Dr. Peters; Bill Winkler - Intern; Largo Woodruff - Bev Morrow; Mickey Rooney - Bill Sackter; George Hamlin - Mr. Morrow; Harriet Rogers - Mae; Harry Goz - Dr. Walz

Credit

G. Alicon - Art Director, Anthony Page - Director, George Hively - Editor, Alan Landsburg - Executive Producer, William Kraft - Composer (Music Score), Tony Humecke - Composer (Music Score), Mike Fash - Cinematographer, Mel Stuart - Producer, Barry Morrow - Screen Story, Corey Blechman - Screenwriter

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Charly; A Child Is Waiting; A Piano for Mrs. Cimino; Because He's My Friend; Walter; I Am Sam; Profoundly Normal; Loving Walter; My Sister's Keeper; Door to Door; Family Pictures; About Sarah

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