• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Feminist Film, Family Drama
• Themes: Custody Battles
• Director: Leonard Nimoy
• Main Cast: Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards, Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Teresa Wright
• Release Year: 1988
• Country: US
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Anna Dunlap (Diane Keaton) is a divorced mother living is Boston with her 6-year-old daughter Molly (Asia Viera). She supports herself and her daughter by working part time in a lab and teaching piano. Her ex-husband Brian (James Naughton) is a Washington lawyer who has since remarried. Anna meets Leo Cutter (Liam Neeson) and she and the Irish sculptor begin a torrid and passionate love affair. Molly walks in while the two are making love and lies down to sleep next to her mother, oblivious of their act of intimacy. Molly innocently relates the incident to Brian, and the livid lawyer sues for custody of the little girl. An ugly courtroom battle begins, with Leo being accused of molestation of a minor and Anna branded as an amoral, unfit mother. Her attorney Muth (Jason Robards) levels with Anna and tells her she must choose between Molly and her lover. Directed by Leonard Nimoy, this powerful drama is taken from the best-selling novel by Sue Miller. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Diane Keaton - Anna Dunlap
• Liam Neeson - Leo Cutter
• Jason Robards, Jr. - Muth
• Ralph Bellamy - Grandfather
• Teresa Wright - Grandmother

James Naughton - Brian Dunlap; Asia Vieira - Molly Dunlap; Joe Morton - Frank Williams; Katey Sagal - Ursula; Tracy Griffith - Babe; David Gardner - Judge; Charles Kimbrough; Nancy Beatty - Anna's Mother; Marvin Karon - Bobby (older)

Credit

Susan Becker - Costume Designer; Peter E. Berger - Editor; Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score); Michael Bortman - Screenwriter; Arnold Glimcher - Producer; Anthony Greco - Set Designer; Stan Jolley - Production Designer; Leonard Nimoy - Director; Hilton Rosemarin - Art Director; Hilton Rosemarin - Production Designer; David Watkin - Cinematographer; Stuart Aikins - Casting; Richard Lightstone - Sound/Sound Designer; Barbara Hewson Shapiro - Casting; Tony Lucibello - First Assistant Director; Daniel Jason Heffner - First Assistant Director; David Lee - Sound/Sound Designer; Richard Harrison - Art Director; Richard Harrison - Production Designer; Sue Miller - Book Author

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