Themes: Adoption, Expecting a Baby, Class Differences
Main Cast: Laura Dern, Stockard Channing, Peter Riegert, Richard Lineback, Wally Dalton
Release Year: 1998
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
For this TV movie, writer-director Jane Anderson adapted her own play contrasting biological and adoptive mothers. Impoverished and pregnant Wanda LeFauve (Laura Dern) lives in a trailer outside Shreveport with her four children and her unemployed husband Al LeFauve (Richard Lineback). When Wanda spots the classified ad of a couple who want to adopt a newborn baby, she responds with a phone call that puts her in touch with a wealthy Los Angeles Jewish couple -- Rachel (Stockard Channing) and Richard Luckman (Peter Riegert). The Luckmans arrive in Louisiana to meet the donors, and both couples deal with the legalistics, while also overcoming their fears and transcending the inevitable cultural and class barriers. Filmed in Vancouver, the film preemed August 23, 1998 on Showtime. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Sandra Seacat - Doreen; Stephen E. Miller - Dr. Selby
Credit
Randy Chodak - Art Director, Sid Kozak - Casting, Lisa Towers - Co-producer, Gregory Mah - Costume Designer, Patrice Leung - First Assistant Director, Jane Anderson - Director, Norman Buckley - Editor, Jodie Foster - Executive Producer, Tony Allard - Executive Producer, Robert Halmi, Jr. - Executive Producer, Matthew O'Connor - Executive Producer, Terry Allen - Composer (Music Score), Brent Thomas - Production Designer, Jan Kiesser - Cinematographer, Vicky Herman - Producer, Meg LeFauve - Producer, Louise Roper - Set Designer, Michael McGee - Sound/Sound Designer, Jane Anderson - Screenwriter, Jane Anderson - Play Author
