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Title If these walls could talk / HBO NYC Productions ; HBO NYC presents ; a Moving Pictures production.

Publication Info. [New York, NY] : HBO NYC Productions : Distributed by HBO Home Video, [1996]
©1999

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 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; Region 1; Dolby surround sound, mono; fullscreen presentation, aspect ratio 4:3.
Note Based on material by Stuart Kaplan.
Cast 1952: Demi Moore, Shirley Knight, Catherine Keener, Jason London, C.C.H. Pounder. 1974: Sissy Spacek, Xander Berkeley, Hedy Burress, Joanna Gleason, Harris Yulin. 1996: Cher, Anne Heche, Jada Pinkett, Eileen Brennan, Lindsay Crouse, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Lorraine Toussaint, Rita Wilson.
Credits 1952: Directed by Nancy Savoca ; teleplay by Nancy Savoca ; story by Pamela Wallace & Earl Wallace and Nancy Savoca ; director of photography, Ellen Kuras ; edited by Elena Maganini.
1972: Directed by Nancy Savoca ; written by Susan Nanus and Nancy Savoca ; director of photography, Bobby Bukowski ; edited by Elena Maganini.
1996: Directed by Cher ; story by I. Marlene King ; teleplay by I. Marlene King and Nancy Savoca ; director of photography, John Stanier ; edited by Peter Honess.
All episodes: music composed and conducted by Cliff Eidelman ; production designer, Hilda Stark Manos ; costume designer, Jacqueline Arthur.
Note Originally produced in 1996.
Audience Rated R.
Summary A trilogy of stories set in the same house--with different occupants and spanning over 40 years--examines three women, the common crisis of an unexpected pregnancy, and the wrenching decision to have an abortion. In 1952, abortion is illegal. A widowed nurse deals with her unexpected pregnancy by taking drastic measures to obtain one. In 1974, a happily married woman, the mother of four children, discovers that she is pregnant again. Now she must choose between losing her lifelong dream and terminating her pregnancy. In 1996, a Catholic college student finds herself pregnant as the result of an affair with a professor. She decides on an abortion, but does not realize what it means to go through with one, while society rends itself asunder with violent protest.
Contents Women's rights -- 1952 Don't ask me -- Thanksgiving dinner -- Desperate -- His name is Tom -- 1974 -- Choice -- Sacrifices -- Balance -- 1996 -- Strong views -- Friends? -- Protest -- Murder!
Note Special features: Cast/crew bios [text feature].
Language In English or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, or French; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Women -- Drama.
Abortion -- Drama.
Unwanted pregnancy -- Decision making -- Drama.
Reproductive rights -- Drama.
Abortion services -- United States -- Drama.
Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Drama.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Genre/Form Medical drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Savoca, Nancy. Screenwriter. Director.
Wallace, Pamela. Screenwriter.
Wallace, Earl W. Screenwriter.
Nanus, Susan. Screenwriter.
King, I. Marlene. Screenwriter.
Cher, 1946- Actor. Director.
Moore, Demi. Actor.
Spacek, Sissy. Actor.
Knight, Shirley. Actor.
Keener, Catherine. Actor.
London, Jason. Actor.
Pounder, C. C. H. Actor.
Berkeley, Xander, 1955- Actor.
Burress, Hedy. Actor.
Gleason, Joanna. Actor.
Yulin, Harris. Actor.
Heche, Anne. Actor.
Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971- Actor.
Brennan, Eileen. Actor.
Crouse, Lindsay. Actor.
Nelson, Craig T. Actor.
Scarwid, Diana, 1955- Actor.
Toussaint, Lorraine, 1960- Actor.
Wilson, Rita. Actor.
HBO NYC Productions.
Moving Pictures, Inc.
HBO Video (Firm)
ISBN 0783116896
9780783116891
Standard No. 026359136528
Music No. 91365 HBO Home Video
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