Main Cast: Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon Wilcox, Bill Calvert
Release Year: 1982
Country: US
Run Time: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Tony Bill directed this sentimental weepie starring Dudley Moore as California politician Patrick Dalton. When Nicole (Katherine Healy), the daughter of the well-to-do Charlotte Dreyfus (Mary Tyler Moore) asks to work for his campaign, Patrick initially turns her down. But when he discovers that she is dying from leukemia, Patrick is determined to make her final days happy ones. Along the way, Patrick and Charlotte have an affair and they take Nicole on a dream trip to New York City. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Joe Regalbuto - Bob Crowther; John Harkins - Arnold Stillman; Michael Ensign - Choreographer; Fausto Barajas - Man in Office; Darwyn Carson - Girl in Office; Martin Casella - Volunteer/Campaign Office; Anne Ditchburn - Asstistant Choreographer; Darrell Larson - Art Teacher; Emily Seltzer - Girl in Ballet Dressing Room; Clement St. George - TV Interviewer; Laurel Page - Interviewer; Frank Patton - Subway Passenger; Issac Clay - Host
Credit
Hilyard M. Brown - Art Director, Marci Liroff - Casting, Anne Ditchburn - Choreography, Michael Daves - First Assistant Director, Tony Bill - Director, Stu Linder - Editor, Dudley Moore - Composer (Music Score), Ben Nye, Jr. - Makeup, Stephen Abrums - Makeup, Sandy Veneziano - Production Designer, Michael D. Margulies - Cinematographer, Peter Guber - Producer, Jon Peters - Producer, Sandy Veneziano - Set Designer, Jerry Wunderlich - Set Designer, Ira Bates - Set Designer, Willie D. Burton - Sound/Sound Designer, David Seltzer - Screenwriter, Fred Mustard Stewart - Book Author
A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter, who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician.
Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.
Reaction
The film was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, one for Dudley Moore for Best Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture and one for Katherine Healy as Best New Female Star of the Year. However, Mary Tyler Moore's performance earned a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress.
