Family Pictures

• Director: Philip Saville
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Family Drama
• Themes: Mothers and Sons, Crumbling Marriages, Living With Disability
• Main Cast: Jamie Harrold, Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick
• Release Year: 1993
• Run Time: 200 minutes

Plot

Family Pictures is a two-part TV adaptation of the Sue Miller novel of the same name. Anjelica Huston and Sam Neill are Lainey and David Eberlin, a 1950s married couple with six children, one of whom, Randall (Jamie Harrold), is autistic. The parents' initial decision not to institutionalize the boy results in a terrific strain on the rest of the family, until finally only Lainey is willing to shoulder the responsibility of raising Randall. The second half of Family Pictures, related from the vantage point of the 1980s by the Eberlins' oldest daughter (Kyra Sedgwick), details the effect that Randall's inevitable institutionalization had on the family. This anecdotal four-hour drama first aired on March 21 and 22, 1993. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Gemma Barry - Mary (18-31); David Fox - Minister; Janet-Laine Green - Toni Baker; Anjelica Huston - Lainey Eberlin; Michael McManus - Philip O'Casey; Lindsay Merrithew - Will Price; Andrew Miller - Bob; Dermot Mulroney - Mack; Sam Neill - David Eberlin; Simon Reynolds - Al Baker; Michael Rhoades - Mr. Skelly; Kyra Sedgwick - Nina; Kerry Segal - Sarah (12-14); Jamie Harrold - Randall; Barbara Barnes-Hopkins - Retta; Torri Higginson - Liddie (19-38); Nicole deBoer - Penny; Gordon Michael Woolvett - Soletski

Credit

Philip Saville - Director, Debra Karen - Editor, Les Alexander - Executive Producer, Don Enright - Executive Producer, Johnny Harris - Composer (Music Score), Perri Gorrara - Production Designer, Elemer Ragalyi - Cinematographer, Joe Broideo - Producer, Jennifer Miller - Teleplay By, Jennifer Miller - Co-Executive Producer, Sue Miller - Book Author

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