Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris

• Director: Gerald I. Isenberg
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Medical Drama, Melodrama
• Themes: Doctors and Patients, Living With Disability, Battling Illness
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: US
• Run Time: 104 minutes

Plot

Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris is a fact-based TV movie, inspired by a book by Charles L. Mee. Penelope Milford stars as Kathy Morris, a 22-year-old Manhattan-based songstress. Kathy undergoes brain surgery to halt her occasional seizures. Unfortunately, her brain begins swelling, resulting in severe neurological damage. In a surprisingly dispassionate fashion, the film chronicles how Ms. Morris overcomes her handicap with the help of a skilled but brusque doctor (Leonard Nimoy), whose solicitous attitude towards his patient results in a reconciliation with his estranged wife. The Felliniesque climax of Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris finds the real Kathy Morris taking over from Penelope Milford during a singing engagement. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Christopher Allport; Nicholas Guest; Fredric Lehne; Penelope Milford; Arthur Rosenberg; Rita Taggart; Leonard Nimoy; Linda Miller

Credit

Charlie Hughes - Art Director, Gerald I. Isenberg - Director, Scott C. Eyler - Editor, Gerald I. Isenberg - Executive Producer, George Aliceson Tipton - Composer (Music Score), Molly-Ann Leikin - Composer (Music Score), Hector R. Figueroa - Cinematographer, Lee Miller - Producer, Kathy Morris - Singer, Robert Lewin - Teleplay By, Jack Willis - Teleplay By, Mary Pleshette Willis - Teleplay By, Charles L. Mee, Jr. - Book Author

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